A knee knows

I tore the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in my left knee skiing at Mt. Wachusett in central Mass. on January 18, 2007. This is a common injury to weekend warriors like myself, so I thought others might like to know what happens once you've done something unfortunate like this to your body. Maybe you've injured yourself too, and feel like the game's over. However, you can return to your sport -- you just need to stay focused and do the work.

Here's where it started...



Friday, October 28, 2011

4 years 7 months post-op

Just a quick note: The reason I haven't added to this blog since my recovery more or less completed is that I have nothing to report, and by nothing, I mean nothing.

The repaired knee feels the same as my other knee. I have no pain, no strength issues, and I give no thought whatsoever to the "involved" leg. If my doctor were to examine me, he would not be able to tell the difference between my repaired knee and the other one. I couldn't be happier with the results.

Same message as before if this is something you are facing: Make pre- and post-op rehab your mission in life.

You can't really control the surgical procedure and you can't change the extent of the damage to your knee. You can only control your response to these things. So own it, work it, make it yours. Whatever happens, you decide how it will affect you, how you think of it, where to take it.

I hope like hell that your experience and recovery are as good as mine was. Whatever you learn from your experience, I hope you'll share here.