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Post by McCourt Family Racing on Feb 1, 2009 20:00:08 GMT -6
Ok my Dr. finally called with the results of my MRI. He confirms that I do have partial ACL tear. Now the location of where my ligament tore I also have 2 bone chips that show up on the xray as 2 fractures. Nothing major to put a cast on. He gave me the option of surgery or wear a special brace until it's as all the way healed. The downside of not having the surgery is that I could have problems down the road as I age. Not that I will, I could. Now if I don't do the surgery, I can be back at work & back to racing in a month . If I do, it will be a minimum of 3 months after the surgery before I can go back to work or race. He said either way I choose there's no guarnatee it will be 100% better. Either way has been proven to work. Everyone I talked to so far are divided on what I should do. Oh, I just don't know what to do. I have to go back Weds. for another evaluation & we'll decide then what to do. If Anyone that has been through this type of injury,or any injury, I would like to hear your input on this.
Thanks!
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Post by McCourt Family Racing on Feb 27, 2009 11:47:37 GMT -6
Well, I had my knee surgery yesterday. Everything went well. The only damage I had was the ACL itself. It was partially torn. So that's good news. Healing time should be a lot quicker. I'm a little sore now, the pain medication has worn off. I have a high pain tolerance, that's because I'm stubborn when it comes to taking pills. I just hate it! So far the pain is not as bad as when I first injured it. I can move around pretty good now that I've had some practice, LOL!!! I'll be on crutches for at least a week. Then from there, I'll have months of PT to do before it's close to 100% again. I have attatched some pics of the inside of my knee. One pic looks like my butt, I assure you it's not. It's just 2 bones side by side. Thanks to everyone who has supported me through my injury. All the encouragments I get from ya'll, just makes me more eager to get well. See ya'll around the track!!!!  The top pic is damaged ACL, bottom pic is new ACL i128.photobucket.com/albums/p162/keekee98_02/007-6.jpgCloser view of New ACL i128.photobucket.com/albums/p162/keekee98_02/005-7.jpgPics around the knee. Everything looked good.  No Other Damage!!! I'm so relieved!!! (Edit: Limit pic widths to 700px or less.) |
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Post by Blazing MX on Feb 27, 2009 18:57:44 GMT -6
Good news for sure, if it had to be damaged I suppose a tear is better than complete seperation.
ps, you said the pic looks like you butt, but it's not. So are you saying that's what your butt looks like? lol ;D
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Post by McCourt Family Racing on Feb 27, 2009 23:16:52 GMT -6
No, that was my first thought when I saw that, LOL!!! I was still a little out of it when I saw the pics. We had a good laugh over that!
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Post by McCourt Family Racing on Mar 2, 2009 7:50:14 GMT -6
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