Charles weaver acl tear

by Charles
(Ohio)

Well friday the 13th of febuary 2009, i was playing basket ball i went for a 3 point shot and relized it was not going to make it so i charged in to atempt to get my own rebound. I got inside just as the ball hit the rim jumped up grabed the ball and came down on my leg at an angle and my knee cap popes to the side and my knee bent completly to the inside snaping out of place. So i fell screaming in pain i knew something was wrong. We called my aunt i could not move the knee at all. We got home i took some ibprofen and iced it. We wait to see how i was till the next day. I still could not put any weight on it at all. So my aunt took me to the hospital and i got an x ray and all bones were find. So it was time for an orthopodic docter. So that monday i went to the ortho doc and he said i torn my acl he then schudled me for a mri to confirm. And it was torn sweet just my luck and they set my surgery date for march 6th.

So today is the 7th i had no idea what to expect after surgey and im not sure if what im doing is good or weather i should not follow the docs. Im in a great deal of pain. My foot is twice the size of the other and the whole leg is purple and when laying down it gets worse. I actally feel better when standing. I have been waking on it a good bit doc said i should as i can tolerate the pain. Im wondering if thats good. Ive kept the polar ice machine pad on it pretty much all the time feels so much better when it is on. Im just wondering if these symptons are normal or not. The doc also said that i could take a shower the next day and i took the bandages off and it begain bleeding pretty fast. My doc used staples instead of stiches. I also want to mention that during my surgery they found that my meniscus was move way out of place , ripped and pinched between my joint so the also fixed that when they were inside my knee. Can some one please let me know if anything here is worth worring about or not. Im pretty scared my life is running with out it college is going to be hard for me to get into.

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Mar 10, 2009
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some but not too much walking
by: Bart - SII

While the doctors will tell you to walk on it as much as you can tolerate, you need to give it time to recover. There is a WHOLE LOT OF STUFF going on inside the knee right now - so, if you can put some weight on it without pain, thats ok, but don't overdo it. Give it a few days to start to calm down and then increase it. The swelling will also go up and down a lot in the first few days depending on how much you are up on your feet. Swelling will increase your pain, so keep that in mind.

The first 2-3 days are usually the worst, so hang in there...and if you are concerned about something not being right, call your doctor and ask.

Bart

Mar 11, 2009
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ACL Recon
by: Benq

Charles, what kind of acl reconstruction did your doctor do? I had an achillies tendon allograft on Mar 5 and my doctor told me not to put any weight on for at least 10 days or so. I was not in a lot of pain and have minimal swelling. I guess it varies from case to case.

Mar 11, 2009
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by: Charles

Thanks yeah im doin much better now. I was walking on it the first 2 days but once the local numbing stuff was completly gone i was in lots of pain and uped my dose of med from 1 pill every 6 hours to 2 and it got better and i began to walk on it again. Then i ran out of meds and well i thought i waz goin to die i could not even stand and lift my leg up with out extreme pain. But i got more meds later in the day today and i can feel a big difference