I originally started this blog because, along with other things, I wanted to chronicle my knee surgery and recovery. For some reason that hasn't happened yet. So now's the time.
Way back in November I was sitting on the floor at work, on an area rug. When I stood up, the rug slipped and somehow in the scramble to not fall, I think my knee went sideways as I was trying to grab on to something to keep me up. I say I think because it happened so fast, I am not sure exactly what happened. But the result was pain. I knew it was not good, so I hobbled to a chair and my coworker helped me put my leg up and grabbed me ice. Thanks to my fantastic coworkers doing all the work, I was able to stay at work and supervise. Thankfully it was a Friday. So after work, off to the after care clinic I went. After looking at my knee (which never really swelled much) and moving it around, they decided it was just a sprain and to make an appointment with the worker's compensation doctor if it isn't better in a week. And they sent me back to work.
Well a week later, it was not feeling any better so I called and they told me it would be a few weeks before I would be able to get an appointment with that doctor. In the meantime I was still in pain, but working because I didn't really have a choice not to.
To make an already long story a bit shorter, I went back to the after care clinic (which also does work related stuff) 3 more times. Every time the answer was the same, it is just a sprain/strain. Finally, in January I was referred to an orthopedic specialist. After physical therapy and an MRI in February, it was determined that I had a torn ACL (90% torn), and some other damage that was basically getting stuck in the knee when I walked, causing all the pain. So it took 3 months to go from a knee sprain to torn ACL. Off to surgery I went...
(To be continued)
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