Dee Dee's ACL Surgery due to idiocy

by Denise
(New York)

I was joking around and felt a pop like a rubber band snapping inside my skin. It hurt, but I've felt pain before so I ignored it, shook it off and hobbled off. Next day, had pain getting out of bed, but no swelling really and no black and blue. I immediately called in sick and went to a specialist that afternoon. Xrays showed no structural damage, made an appt for the next day (early afternoon)for MRI. Next day at Dr. appt he told me that I have a torn ACL & a tear in my medial meniscus. He explained the different ways I could go, but I need to be an active happy person again and am sick and tired of weakness/pain in my knee. I enjoy hiking to waterfalls, playing darts and sprinting with my 2 year old Husky Duchess.

Apparently this has been going on for a while and I just finished it off on Tuesday night. I want surgery ASAP and, of course, immediate recovery. Everything I have been told leads me to believe I will be laid up for a very long time. They told me the same thing with my Fibroid surgery, when I was cut hip to hip and told to stay home for 6 weeks. I walked around the next morning with no pain killers and refused to use more than 1/2 a pill when in pain. I was back at work in three weeks. I will NOT back down. Pain is something to live with and beat not something to keep you back. Why can't anyone understand. My entire spine has herniations and damages to nerves and muscles since 1992 and I still work out and still run with my Siberian Husky. I do NOT allow pain to dictate my life, why would I let it dictate recovery. Is there anyone else that understands?