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SEON | Yep...classic torn ACL injury. Football and hockey players get it all the time.
I hurt mine for the first time playing hockey back in 1992. Managed to baby it along for about 25 years while still playing hockey but re-injured it a couple of times along the way. The final straw was jumping off the tailgate of the pickup 5 years ago. It buckled and went clunk when bone hit bone and felt like someone shoved a white hot fireplace poker inside my knee. Had surgery Jan 7 2015 I think at age 48. Surgeon said "I do 10 of these a week and at your age I generally say stop playing hockey and jumping off tailgates. I don't advise the surgery for you because you're too old to do the rehab". That pi$$ed me off. He was just testing me to see if I would fight or flight.
He cut out a two sections of my hamstring about 4" long and braided them together. They looked like raw chicken strips. Then he drilled a 3/4" hole in my fenur and another in my tibia or fibula I don't know which. He fished the hamstring through those holes and fastened it with a screw. All done orthoscopically while I watched on TV. Then the long 8 month rehab started. Lots of physio then the weight room to get the muscle mass back into my toothpick of a leg but I was walking a week or two after and was able to do spring planting just no jumping around is all. Playing hockey by mid September.
How much did the surgery cost you?
Edited by rank 3/15/2020 09:52
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Checking in Part 2 continued from Machinery Talk
