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ACL surgery
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[QUOTE="oldguy, post: 605925, member: 16965"] At DW last year I did almost the identical thing you described. On Oct 5 I did the damage and it was all confirmed by MRI by the 15th. My surgeon had me hold off on surgery until dec3 so I could work on strengthening my knee and leg as much as I could before surgery. On Dec 3 I had surgery to replace my ACL, and repair the Lat and MCL. I also had a fracture in the tibia that he pinned together. I had a piece of my hamstring removed to make the new ACL. The recovery was not as painfull as I thought it would be but the first 10 days was not fun. I was able to get around on crutches within a day of the surgery and used a motion machine for several hours each day to keep the knee mobile. At about 30 days I went from the knee immobilizer to a smaller brace and began walking without crutches. I had a problem in that the would not go down and one incision would not heal so on Jan 30 I went in for another surgery- turned out I was allergic to the screws they used. Once the screws were removed I was healing much quicker and in less then 2 weeks was finally able to return to work. As of right now I feel I could ride again but still will use my newly aquired asterisks as insurance. I still can not kneel down on my repaired knee and I have some swelling by the end of the day. There is very litttle pain day to day and I have been walking as much as possible to keep it getting stronger. Keep in mind I am 49 years old and as my surgeon told me it is rare to do this at my age but I refused to change my lifestyle to adapt to the damaged knee. At 15 your recovery should be much quicker and easier altho I would definately say do not rush it. You have a lot of years ahead of you to screw up the surgeons work. [/QUOTE]
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