Now I can’t pretend to be an expert on how health care is paid for, but i have had some experience as a consumer paying for two ACL surgeries and a wrist reconstruction in the last 6 years. This image is captured from my health insurance provider’s website. Frankly I think it speaks for itself. [...]
I’ve clearly been horribly negligent of my blogging duties. For that, i’m sorry. Today is 8 weeks from the day I had my third ACL repair. My recovery has been almost unbelievably easy thus far. A royal hassle and a lot of work to be sure, but compared to my previous to efforts this has [...]
The house is all clean, the refrigerator is full of healthy and convenient things to eat. A new ottoman waits for me to elevate my leg on it and i’ve thoroughly scrubbed myself with Hibiclens, twice. Stepping out of the shower it struck me that it would be the last normal shower i have for [...]
After much back and forth my surgery is scheduled for a week from today, Jan 17th.
If you haven’t heard the news, ACL tears are genetic or at least, predisposition to tears is. You can find the study here, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine: http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/44/12/848.abstract or if you prefer, it is discussed in the New York Times here: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/phys-ed-are-bad-knees-in-our-genes/?scp=1&sq=acl&st=cse Its about female twins, but the data has implications [...]
Stupid me. I put off going to physical therapy until today since my knee had been steadily feeling better. The PT suspects that a combination of a weak hamstring, bad arch support and a tight IT band are causing some inflammation behind me knee cap. I’m on a regimen of PT and will be shopping [...]
The good news is the Dr. said my ACL feels “rock solid”. Unfortunately that does not explain the clicking and soreness I’ve been experiencing for the last two weeks. His initial diagnosis is that my knee cap has become inflamed and he’s having me me go back to PT for a couple weeks. If that [...]
After a couple of months of pain free living my knee was feeling as good as it’s felt since before i injured it when i got back from vacation about three weeks ago. Then suddenly two weeks ago my knee felt a bit unsteady while i was on a walk with my brother. Since then [...]
Hey All- I got a simple forum going. It’s still a bit rough around the edges, but I’m hoping this will be an easier format for keeping in touch with eachother and talking about our knees. I apologize that you need to register in order to post on the forum, but I just couldn’t figure [...]
Hello ACL Bloggers! My recovery has been going so well that it really hasn’t been at the forefront of my mind. I’m back to commuting on my bike, doing some light hiking and generally living it up. Sadly, this means i’ve been totally ignoring the awesome community here at ACL-Repair.com . I’m totally overwhelmed (and [...]
Henry on Sahale Arm in Washington's North Cascades, with a functioning ACL
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