Wonder if you wouldnt mind keeping my wife in your prayers. She tore up her knee skiing a couple of weeks ago and with luck shell be in the road to recovery tomorrow night after a 3pm surgery. Grade three ACL and MCL! Im a strong believer in prayer, it works! Thanks All! Rich
Will do Rich. My brother has been getting laser therapy on his knee. He says it seems to be helping. Similar problems. I'll stick with the Great Physician.
Thanks for everyones support. She is home and all went well:beers2: Just a lot of pain right now, it's killing me to see her like this, but it will get better. Next phase rehab Rich
Rich, I'm 16 months post ACL/MCL and still having issues. My thoughts are with you both. I think people see professional athletes return to sport in a few months and don't consider what a vicious surgery it is. Don't miss one rehab session. Best of Luck, DL
Rich, My sister in law just did the same thing on the ski hill and just had the surgery about 3 weeks ago. Rehab is going well for her and the pain has been decreasing and her mobility has been getting better. Keep your head up and take care of her it will get better with some faith and positive energy.
You and your wife are in Kelli and I's prayers. I've tore and partially tore my ACL and MCL as well as had multiple dislocations. Hopefully her knee ends up in better shape than mine. My last therapist told me I've got rheumatory arthritis worse than a 70 year old man in my bad knee. If she cant already, she'll be able to feel a good rain coming about a half day before it gets there, lol
They say you get wiser as you age, no your beat up body can just predict things, like the next rain or if it will be nice tomorrow. "We take risks not to escape life, but to keep life from escaping us!" Thanks all for the kind thoughts, she is better than yesterday. Still a long road ahead, but she is not one to sit still. I would bet we are back on the mountian next year.o No:
I tore my ACL 15 years ago or so (not skiing, just drunk and stupid). They told me at that point that they don't usually replace ACLs on somebody my age, but that they were finding that if they don't replace it, people typically need some sort of knee work by the time they are 40 or so (I was in my early 20s). Well, now I'm pushing 40, and I just had arthroscopic knee surgery a couple of weeks ago (Dr. Drawbert in Eau Claire). Mine is going very well, but it is much less of a surgery than the ACL replacement. They also say if you replace an ACL from a recent ACL failure, it is more likely to last longer than from an old ACL injury (like mine). Hopefully, with your wife having recently injured the knee, she will have a better chance of having the knee work for a good long time after recovery. And even the pro athletes take a long time to recover from ACL failure/replacements. God Speed, Nick
Thought I'd post an update. That first week after surgery was horrible and a Saturday night in the ER with a possible infection just added to the experience o No: An IV of antibiotics and a little bit of morphine and we were home again. Doctors visit yielded better results, no more crutches and now the PT starts. We really appreciate all the kind words, now the bills will start rolling in. The surgery alone was 28K! :eek2: Im in the wrong line of work.