I’ve had recurring injuries to my right knee over the last few years. I’ll twist the wrong way or put too much strain on it–then I buckle or fall down–and I’m limping for a week.<\/p>\n
It’s keeping me from being as active as I want to be. I know I’ll never run again or play high impact sports like soccer or karate. Really, I just want to be able to hike into the backcountry and rock-hop my favorite trout streams.<\/p>\n
I finally got serious about having it looked at. After numerous referrals and insurance company hoops to jump through I got an MRI done. The doctor did not have good news to report.<\/p>\n
My right knee is really mangled. I have a weak\/damaged ACL, torn cartilage, a bone spur underneath my knee cap, and a cyst. Wow. My doctor said that I need to take care of this now, or else I may not be able to walk in 10 years.<\/p>\n
So what’s next? The easy ACL repair is not a good option. The Dr does not want to destabilize my knee further by repurposing my patellar tendon. So we have to use a harvested ACL. That means from a cadaver. So I have to wait for a really big guy, like myself, to die so I can have his ACL. Weird.<\/p>\n
But it needs to be done. I’m looking at missing four weeks of work. Rehab will be many months. And it’s going to hurt–a lot.<\/p>\n
I’m looking forward to being much more active again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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