Day one of my blog has started on day 2 of my decision process to have surgery to rebuild my PCL. I have potentially started the process early because the MRI is on Monday. However the possibility that my PCL is torn is very real. There may be some meniscus damage as well.
The back story...I was over seas working and one night while walking to the store I decided to take a short cut through the mean streets of Salmiya, Kuwait. I jumped off a ledge I knew was to high and, well, it was too high. When I landed I was sure I had broken my leg. My buddy said it looked like it had come apart Joe Theisman style. I got up checked it out and at first thought it was just a bad sprain. I stood up very carefully and placed weight on it...hurt a lot. Limped carefully home all the while thinking...Hmmm my leg feels like its sorta hanging there. Thats weird.
So I get to my room and start the process of triage. Can't bend it on my own. Swollen like a grapefruit. Plenty of pain.
Me being the son of my dad I ignore the obvious and get some motrin and go to sleep.
Wake up the next day its stiff and swollen and purple. Head to the base for diagnosis. The medical hobby shop tells me its probably a meniscus tear and to RICE it and it will heal on its own.
...all that brings me to today almost 9 months later a few days after I visit an orthopedic specialist....
As I ponder and journey through the process I will make updates...
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This is a blog where I am going to write down all the thoughts surrounding a knee injury I received while on a job in Kuwait.
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