Today is my five-month anniversary with my newly constructed ligament. Overall things have been going well. I think my biggest obstacle now is life getting in my way. It’s hard to stick to a 2/day PT schedule when you work long hours, socialize and overall are feeling a little bit more back to normal. Not [...]
Posts Tagged ‘ACL stitches’
5 Months Post-Op ACL Surgery
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ACL encouragement, ACL Post-op, ACL scar, ACL stitches, ACL Surgery Recovery on October 20, 2009 | 5 Comments »
ACL Surgery: 3 Weeks Post-Op
Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery, tagged ACL PT, ACL recovery, ACL scar, ACL stitches, crutches, lateral meniscus on June 11, 2009 | 212 Comments »
Three weeks post-op. I was told by this point, things would be getting back to normal–crutches would disappear, swelling would fade and mobility would miraculously come back, full swing. I feel as though I’m on a slight delay because not only was my ACL repaired, but so was the lateral meniscus. Anyway, my recovery is just [...]
Picture of the Stitches Inside My Knee
Posted in ACL Surgery, Uncategorized, tagged ACL PT, ACL stitches, ACL Surgery, knee stitches, lateral meniscus, meniscus, picture of stitches inside the knee on June 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Happy Friday, everyone! I slipped out during my lunch hour to get tortured at PT. During wall slides, I could bend at 99 degrees and on the bike I could finally do full revolutions. This is all increasing my pain a little bit. My therapist told me I should start using the vicodin with PT. I’m [...]
ACL Scar Update
Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery, tagged ACL recovery, ACL scar, ACL stitches, ACL Surgery, patella tendon, patella tendon scar on June 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Time again for more grusome, yet wonderfully intriging photos of my still-swollen and semi-scarred knee. (Stay tuned for the pictures of the inside of my knee that I just got from the doctor.) I often get asked the simple question, “Does your knee hurt?” Of course it does. Pain meds can mask most of it, [...]
The 1st Peek at My Stitches
Posted in ACL Surgery, tagged ACL Excercises, ACL scar, ACL stitches, crutches on May 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Five Days Post-Op. I realize not everyone wants to see my stitches (actually the steri-strips cover the stitches, but there’s plenty to see), so you can click here to see the damage from a patella tendon ACL reconstruction. You don’t have to look. My goal is to provide a realistic portrayal of recovery, so the [...]
