well, it appears my ACL vanished. according to the awesome dr. montgomery it looks like i tore it at least a year ago. enough time passed that my body "reclaimed" it. a process that happens when bio material isn't getting blood flow or nutrients delivered to it.
so the bad news is that it looks like i'll be needing ACL surgery and long rehab. the good news is that i do my best diet and exercise routines after surgery/rehab. that process of regularly going to PT and seeing daily/weekly progress turns on that inner beast and my focus is coherent as a laser.
this doc is WAY better than my last ortho and he laid out the surgery in detail. he said he is going to do an auxiliary procedure whereas he strengthens the medial support structures with folds. he says that's why the other surgeries previously probably didn't work. the medial support structures have weakened and allow the joint to get... well... disjointed! he guarantees the knee will be more stable than before and that even if the ACL tears again the knee will a lot more solid.
the pain and swelling is caused by the flakes of the cartilage floating around irritating the insides of my knee. and that swimming, cycling, and the elliptical should be fine as long as there is no pain during the activity. but seeing as how my surgery is scheduled for next wednesday there isn't a whole lot i can do anyways.
my big thing right now is missing a lot of work and seeing how much the insurance will cover. the insurance should cover everything and there shouldn't be much outta pocket. co-pay only i think. but you never know with insurance. they screw you when you need them the most. and the work thing is kinda big cuz i don't want to miss too much work but i don't want to be worried about rushing back to the office either. this is the problem when you don't have short term disability. but if it's copay only i won't complain too much. the time off wasn't worth the 5000k deductible i had at the last job i had.
the doctor and the staff are all committed to getting you back to doing the things you did before your injury. so we shall see...
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