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Had the meeting with the specialist yesterday. Worse then I thought... ACL is trashed and a frayed mess. It’s gonna have to be replaced so it’s either open me up and use part of my hamstring or cadaver tendons. His recommendation for best longterm and strongest repair was cadaver so that’s what I’m doing. One miniscus tear is right by the blood supply so he will only be able to stitch so much of it up but said it will hold up. The other he isn’t sure on how he is going to repair it yet because it’s a weird tear almost like a parrot beak. He will need to evaluate while he is in there and repair it accordingly. There is what looks to be like a piece of tendon that may have a tear by that miniscus as well that may need to be trimmed. The cartilage lining on the ball of my thigh bone also appears to be missing some cartilage from the impact. They will need to do micro fracturing on that spot. They drill little holes in the bone which allows blood to fill the void then in time that will turn to scar tissue and bond to the cartilage filling the void. Surgery is set for the 27th and I will be off work for two to three months. 6 months + for a full recovery. I wish I had a fast forward button for life right now!
Long story short I did my knee in pretty good the weekend before last on a dirt bike. ACL is virtually a complete tear bunched up and hanging by a few threads. Also tore both miniscus as well. I have to get surgery and have a appointment with the surgeon Tuesday morning to go over it all. I’m doing good now ditched the crutches about 5 days ago and just use a hinged knee brace to hold it all in position. Pain comes and goes along with the cramping but no big deal I can live with it. My question is has anyone had similar issues and what was the long term outcome with your knee? Just curious if it’s gonna be jacked up and a issue for life now and I’m gonna have to baby it or will it get back to almost normal all said and done.
And no I’m not getting rid of the dirt bikes! But yes I will be getting good hinged knee braces for out on the trails. Lol
Long story short I did my knee in pretty good the weekend before last on a dirt bike. ACL is virtually a complete tear bunched up and hanging by a few threads. Also tore both miniscus as well. I have to get surgery and have a appointment with the surgeon Tuesday morning to go over it all. I’m doing good now ditched the crutches about 5 days ago and just use a hinged knee brace to hold it all in position. Pain comes and goes along with the cramping but no big deal I can live with it. My question is has anyone had similar issues and what was the long term outcome with your knee? Just curious if it’s gonna be jacked up and a issue for life now and I’m gonna have to baby it or will it get back to almost normal all said and done.
And no I’m not getting rid of the dirt bikes! But yes I will be getting good hinged knee braces for out on the trails. Lol
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