Less than 24 hours until Knee-Day
I’ve been following along with so many of your stories, and the things you’ve shared have been so helpful in shaping my expectations for recovery.
I, 31 F, have never been injured, broken a bone, or had surgery (other than a tonsillectomy). I ran track in high school, and have always had trouble with my knees. Was diagnosed with Osgood-Slaughters in my teens, so these bendy bits were doomed to fail. Definitely didn’t expect an ACL tear though. 🥴
Doctor believes my meniscus is in tact and I hope and pray to any god or deity that’ll listen that he’s right. 6 weeks nwb seems…impossible. But my wife is a friggin rockstar and I have two stinky doggies who are very entertaining, and an affinity for open world video games, so even if the meniscus needs repaired, I think I’ll be alright.
I prepped (too much) food, but the one thing my incredibly capable wife can’t do is cook. lol, so I’d rather have too much than not enough.
I’m a logical and sane person, but I hate needles, and I’m terrified of surgery. I think if I can get through the anxiety I feel about a middle aged man I’ve only met one time cutting a hole in my leg and rooting around in there while I sleep? Then I can do anything. Lol
I trust my doctor implicitly (he’s the lead team physician for the Pittsburgh Penguins when he isn’t healing normies like me 😎) but I am so ridiculously scared for no reason.
Any words of encouragement for a punk a**? The meaner the better. 😅