My first post

This is my first post! It's Saturday and I have my surgery on Tuesday.I am getting an ACL reconstruction by harvesting my hamstring tendon. I will also be getting my meniscus and patella cartilage fixed. 

Now is as perfect an opportunity as I am ever going to have. I'm a student, I am home and don't need to work right now. I was always working and not able to take time off. How the hell do people do this that need to make a living??

In 1995 I tore my ACL playing floor hockey. I remember it well-it was drop in floor hockey at Oaklands Elementary gym. A guy trying to show off checked me from the side, and I don't remember too much after that, but it hurt like hell. I DO remember that he didn't help me up and continued to play. What a real jerk. I wish I could get over the anger I felt towards him as this incident has affected my life a lot. Oh well, what can you do-sh*t happens in life and you have to move on.


Nevertheless, I was told that it was a partial tear and was supposed to wear a brace for the rest of my life! WTF? Over the years, my knee would pop out at the most inopportune times-if I slid on ice or on the smooth hardwood, or even worse if I lost my footing in the shower i would usually end up ass over tea kettle on my butt because my leg could not support me. I couldn't play volleyball, no skiing, no running and especially no sprinting (tried that once, but the knee popped out and I fell on my ass.) pretty much nothing but walking.
I always had been a great sprinter and prided myself on being able to run away from anyone :). What if there was an axe murderer after me? 


When my knee started affecting my walking I had had it and went to the doctor and asked to see a specialist again. This was about 5 years ago. They were going to operate,  but I wasn't ready, being in a job that demanded too much at the time.


So here I am 16 years later and finally am getting it done...yay!! Bring on the axe murderers!


I DO hope my journey through this will help those that are going through a big surgery like this. I kind of know what I am in for after surgery, but in a way, I am blissfully ignorant to the pain. I will be documenting as much as I can...I hope that all those that are reading this and going through the same thing will be able to learn something from this.

THE PAIN that I have heard so much about! I am not going to give it much more attention as I don't want to dwell on it. I just know that it will suck and that it's coming like a freight train with a bad attitude. Too bad they are so cautious now about painkillers because apparently tylonol 3's are all I'm going to get! My big question is how am I going to be able to sleep? Suck it up princess!