Saturday, February 27, 2010

Goodbye, ACL


On January 20th, 2010, I played my first pickup game in over a year. Halfway through it, I caught a pass across the lane and spun towards the basket.

POP!

My right ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) completely tore. My knee immediately swelled - to the point that the next day they had to drain 75ccs. It turns out my MCL is severely sprained, I got a slight sprain in my LCL, and I had several bone contusions - which dramatically increased the swelling.

I'm learning a lot about this injury. The ortho had me doing rehab less than a week later. The idea is to gain almost full flexibility in my knee before doing surgery. Surgery is to take a CADAVER ligament and replace my snapped one - this is crazy! My injury has been labelled "extensive", and it's taking a lot of rehab (six weeks now) to get flexibility back. I'm also still not sleeping well due to the pain (doctor does not want me to abuse vicodin).

So now my quest is definitely postponed. But I say here, the quest is not over! I will return!

One day.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

yes! this blog lives again! Now the quest begins anew with cadaver power!

Magnus said...

Auch, sorry to hear. I wish you a fast recovery! I know how much is sucks being injuried and cant enjoy doing sports. Get better Joel!

Felipe Galvez Carrasco said...

mejorate pronto, cuida a tu hija, cumple tus sueños, se feliz...

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Wayland, GA said...

Hey man, how about another quick update on your progress. Good luck and keep healing!

Tomato said...

Sucks that you injuried your ACL and haven't been able to dunk, although I understand with prioritizing you family and all. I'm starting the same quest as you know, as of a couple days ago. I'm not really doing the H - Walker approach. Any advice?

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Anonymous said...

I am very sorry to hear that, but be positive, I torn my acl 2 year ago at the age of 31, and gain 20kgs. now after 2 year I am back in shape and playing in 2nd division.

Anonymous said...

last few days our class held a similar discussion on this subject and you point out something we have not covered yet, appreciate that.

- Laura

Anonymous said...

I hope the journey is still not over!!

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Harley Cronley said...

So sorry to hear that. I hope you recover much faster. Get well soon! I will stay tuned for your updated and your recovery.

Harley Cronley said...

So sorry to hear that. I hope you recover much faster. Get well soon! I will stay tuned for your updated and your recovery.

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