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Nutmeg

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Comment by Nutmeg
on A hypothetical guide to knee reconstructions...

January 6th 2009 22:38
Hey all

re: walking after 4 days, when I had my first reco (patella graft) I had no brace and was walking after 3 - only had the crutches for going to uni and stuff on the train so that people would give up their seats (doesn't necessarily work!).

I'm now 14 wks 1 day post op and started treadmill running about 3 weeks ago. My muscle building is slow, but I'm riding the bike long distances now though when my bad leg gets tired it gets REALLY tired. I've been playing cricket too for a few weeks (fielding in slips, bowling of one step and no batting) which I've found really positive - you spend so much rehab time by yourself that it's great to get out there with people again!

Good luck to all - hope the tendonitis clears up Kate and that you get back to it soon!

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Comment by Nutmeg
on A hypothetical guide to knee reconstructions...

September 10th 2008 03:09
NightOwl: thanks for the good wishes.
I've got a different surgeon to last time, it was organised through a different doctor and she managed to get my appointment time bumped up and stuff (he's one of the official surgeons for the Australian Rugby Union so I get priority YAY).
The reason I'm getting no patella graft - there's no patella in that knee anymore, so if I wanted patella it would either have to be a transplant OR taken from the other knee. This particular surgeon favours hamstrings for (insert reason here). From what I can tell, it doesn't make a huge amount of difference, though the patella graft is 'supposedly' stronger. The pain when kneeling isn't too bad if the leg is well warmed up, but I found that when I was fatigued, kneeling absolutely caned.

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Comment by Nutmeg
on A hypothetical guide to knee reconstructions...

September 9th 2008 01:36
NightOwl
I had three years/2.5 seasons of pain free, issue free rugby before the graft snapped. In that time, I even managed to get selected in the national team, so it didn't have a massively negative affect on my speed or performance.

Just got my surgery date - Oct 7 and it's gonna be a hamstring this time. AAARRGGH just wanna get it done and start rehabbing!

I saw that Prismall guy go down - I hate seeing that, even though I'm not a Geelong supporter. We all know how awful it is!

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Comment by Nutmeg
on A hypothetical guide to knee reconstructions...

September 4th 2008 00:09
I had patella the first time and my sis had hamstring in hers - technically my graft failed because I snapped it again, however the injury would have occurred on a real ACL anyway, given the nature of my movement.
I had a lot of trouble getting bend into my knee, however my extension was very good - my sister had the reverse problem, bending fine, extension no good. The pain kneeling on the patella improves but I found that when I was fatigued, kneeling was very painful, even years after the surgery.

not sure about the anaesthesia question...

I've had no complications with blood clots - I had a fantastic rehab physio who also helped me avoid tendonitis.

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Comment by Nutmeg
on A hypothetical guide to knee reconstructions...

August 26th 2008 04:50
Just found out yesterday that I'm going to need a second knee reconstruction - the ACL graft from my original one snapped playing rugby union two weeks ago.
I'm just wondering (all you fellow ACL's out there) whether people know of anyone going back to high level contact sport after two recos on the same knee at the age of 27 (which is how old I'll be by the time I can get back on the field) I had my first reco at 22, 3 years of issue-free rugby (including a test match for the Wallaroos). I guess I just want a bit of hope that it isn't the end of all sport for me.

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