Knee Update

[abracanabra]

So, on my last visit to the physical therapy people, I was warned that if I was going to accidentally rip open my knee and totally fuck it up before it was healed, it would happen this month. The knee is now at its weakest point since the surgery.

Oh. This month?

I suppose this means that I should limit myself to one drink only ever, and not even one abrupt step toward running after the bus. I'm not approved to run. Heck, I can hardly walk properly. They warn me that I'll start feeling like I can do things, but I shouldn't let myself be tempted. No even "trying" a few martial arts moves. No running. No pick-up basketball games.

They keep warning me against the basketball games, which I find a bit confusing. Perhaps it's because I'm tall.

I'm trying not to think about it too much, but when my mind is still, it comes back to me sometimes. If I tear my knee surgery open, it'll be this month.

Comments

[susanofstohelit.livejournal.com]

I'm going to guess that your injury commonly occurs during basketball games, so they're used to basketball players. ;-)

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

It is true that all the guys at work knew exactly what my injury was because they all watch sports.

[douglascole.livejournal.com]

Basketball is absolutely HELL on knees. All that stopping starting and quick sprinting, on a very, very high friction surface.

[cloudscudding.livejournal.com]

The very thought makes me wince.

I think that was how my physical therapist tore his ACL. (When he was 19--that's what inspired him to become a doctor.)