A trip through ACL reconstruction

I tore my ACL and medial meniscus cartilage in my left knee playing soccer. I opted not to have surgery and instead rehabbed it. I was running up to 30 minutes as well as cycling and everything felt normal until one day shortly before Xmas I woke up with a swollen knee. It never got better, so I finally went through with surgery to reconstruct the ACL and repair the damaged cartilage. This is my story.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Final day - Or let's hope so

I think it's time to bring this blog to a close. I went surfing again Sunday and then did some suicide sprints when I got home later to ...

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Day 175 - Leg song Thursday

I've been delinquent in posting lately, mainly because I haven't had much new happening with the knee to post about and I've bee...

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Day 170 - Surfing

I went surfing Thursday. I was worried it might be too much for my knee, but once I was out on the water and caught a wave, I forgot all abo...

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Day 166 - I'm eating more blue M&Ms

It turns out that the dye used in blue M&Ms protects against crippling spinal cord damage in mice . It turns them blue, but that's a...

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Day 164 - Passed another test

I walked a St. Bernard today at the Washington Animal Rescue League , a place at which I volunteer. I didn't know it when I started out,...

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Day 163 - Passed the test

Yesterday, I had my final one-legged hop test for my knee. I passed with flying colors. So I'm now cleared to resume all activities. Eve...

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Day 160 - Back to the tape

My knee cap still isn't tracking properly, so I've resumed taping my knee. It helps a lot, especially going up and down stairs. I t...

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