Comments on: Little Miss Lucky

By: Deb Slawinski

Deb Slawinski — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:39:06 +0000

I, too, have a new way to celebrate St.Patrick’s Day! ACL repair surgery!
Now a week later-my concern is keeping the swelling down.
Even my ankle and feet are swelling. Anyone else have to deal with..

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:48:41 +0000

The date of my surgery is coming soon (April 1st). Did you experience anxiety going into the surgery at all? I find myself most anxious for the surgery, but I am trying to not let that get the best of me.

By: yeskneecan

yeskneecan — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:52:47 +0000

Hi Katie,
Thanks for stopping by and sharing your story–I hope that soon enough you will be able to enjoy a lifetime in the mountains pursuing your dreams.Unfortunately, these things happen to the best of us. One day you think your progressing ahead of schedule, and the next week you feel you’ve fallen behind. In terms of still feeling pain, I completely understand. When that was the case for me, I started doing the stretches two times a day–morning and night. Don’t push it too, too hard, but do what you are comfortable with and do it until you start to feel slightly fatigued, don’t let yourself get fully fatigued at this stage, because that’s when we are likely to injure ourselves. Rather, focus on doing all the movements correctly and under control. My therapist says, “Motion is lotion for the muscles and joints.” So keep moving, things will start to feel just like they did in no time. But remember, you are the best judge for your body, so don’t push yourself, but keep moving, especially with the basic movements (clams, bridges, simple sqauts) that make all the difference. Best of luck and let me know how it goes!

By: yeskneecan

yeskneecan — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:37:26 +0000

Wow! Thank you for the follow and I will be sure to link out to your new blog. A lot of people come here asking about graft possibilities, so your blog and site will indeed be a great resource for many. Congrats on starting the blog!
The blog has no preceding “www”, just http://allograftpossibilities.org/

By: Gen Kobos

Gen Kobos — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:13:15 +0000

I work with AlloSource (www.allosource.org), one of the nation’s largest non-profit providers of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures. We have been following your blog and think you have created a great informational resource for your readers, especially because you are so candid about your own experiences.

We have also recently started a blog at http://www.allograftpossibilites.org, in order to better educate both the medical community and the public on the topic of tissue donation and the science of allograft transplantation.
I wanted to reach out to you to introduce you and your readers to our resource. Thanks again for the great blog – keep up the good work!

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:49:43 +0000

I’ve just come across this blog and think it’s fantastic! I’m 6 months and one week post acl and meniscus repair using my hamstring. I busted my knee skiing – I’m from the UK and had given up my office job in London to pursue a career in the mountains so I was devasted when the accident happened. I guess you could say that my rehab has gone ‘OK’, but I’ve got to a point where I was expecting to be a lot more active than I am able to be right now – I’m still in a lot of pain when trying things like squats, lunges etc and I’m worried as to why this is…..did you have any major set backs along the way? I’m seeing a surgeon in 2 weeks for a check up so I’m hoping to get some answers! I’ll keep reading your blog, as I’m very interested as to how you find your brace and what it’s like skiing the first time – thanks for such a good read.

By: yeskneecan

yeskneecan — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:54:30 +0000

It’s so nice to hear we’re in the same boat. It takes a lot to keep smiling through this, but it’s people, like you two, that really keep me going.

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:24:56 +0000

Happy St Patricks Day!!

I can completely relate on every level.

I hope you are still doing well and coming along with your planned return to the slopes.

Can’t wait to hear how the brace is working out for you.

Cheers!

By: amy

amy — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:23:11 +0000

great attitude….I kept saying that too, that I would never take anything for granted again after this. Hang in there. You will emerge stronger and more aware of your body than ever. I’m 5 weeks out right now, and I know this experience has taught me so much.