Season cut short.

In article ,
The Real Bev wrote:

Alan Baker wrote:

One little mistake in the bumps and the docs agree I've torn my ACL...

****.

Well, I guess that's an option...

That really does suck. It could have waited until spring, but NOOOOOOO!

Yeah...

Life can be a bitch sometimes.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

In article ,
"MG" wrote:

"Alan Baker" wrote in message
]...
One little mistake in the bumps and the docs agree I've torn my ACL...

****.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

Did my MCL one year second week of December. I feel your pain.

mg

Thanks.

The hell of it is: I don't actually *feel* very injured!

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

Alan Baker wrote:
In article ,
"MG" wrote:

"Alan Baker" wrote in message
]...
One little mistake in the bumps and the docs agree I've torn my ACL...

****.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
Did my MCL one year second week of December. I feel your pain.

mg

Thanks.

The hell of it is: I don't actually *feel* very injured!

Hmmm! No pain, no incidental injury (usually). ACL is
pretty much a no pain injury. There may be some pain
while the injury is swollen, but before and after there
is usually no pain with an ACL tear. It may well be that
the ACL is the ONLY injury. Good-o if so.

My left knee (the one with no ACL) gives almost no
trouble (at my slightly overweight pressure on my knees).
My right knee which I very slightly injured in High School,
gives me a bit of grief now and then (weather, you know)
but is whole and complete with just maybe a few rough
edges.

As for surgery or no surgery, A friend tore her ACL in
the same year as I tore mine. She was advised the same
as me. She is a physical therapist working with geriatric
patients. She needs to do a lot of lifting because of
the population she works with. Her knee buckled during
work once and she (a year after the injury) immediately
had the surgery. There was a mild complication during the
surgery involving nerve damage. She, when skiing, cannot
feel the condition of her knee and so wears a knee brace
just so she can determine what attitude her knee is
relative to flexed or straight. Otherwise she is fine.

Let's see, if you don't have the surgery now, let the
injury heal (as long as the doc says the knee is stable),
there is a chance of unusual wear on the joint itself,
causing premature failure of the joint requiring
replacement. I have several friends who ski (very
well) on bionic knees and bionic hips. Their reasons
for replacement range from sports injuries to plain
old arthritis which may be what I'm in for in
10 or so years. Skiing over 70? Yeah, mon! Take a
gander at Saudan in the latest 'Powder'.

Do what is best for you now and let the future take care
of itself.

"Alan Baker" wrote in message
]...
One little mistake in the bumps and the docs agree I've torn my ACL...

Ooh! Sorry to hear that.

****.

Yeah, well, that might help you get through the winter.

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"Richard Henry" wrote:

"Alan Baker" wrote in message
]...
One little mistake in the bumps and the docs agree I've torn my ACL...

Ooh! Sorry to hear that.

Yeah... ...me too...


****.

Yeah, well, that might help you get through the winter.

:-)

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

"Alan Baker" wrote in message
]...
In article ,
"MG" wrote:

"Alan Baker" wrote in message
]...
One little mistake in the bumps and the docs agree I've torn my ACL...

****.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

Did my MCL one year second week of December. I feel your pain.

mg

Thanks.

The hell of it is: I don't actually *feel* very injured!

--

That's what I hear about ACL. MCL, on the other hand, hurt like screaming
hell.



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On Jan 3, 6:43*pm, (Jeff Davis) wrote:
In article ],
Alan Baker wrote:

One little mistake in the bumps and the docs agree I've torn my ACL...

In Jackson Hole, ACL's are optional. *A Russkl competed for 9 years
with out one, and she was a woman. *I don't have an ACL in my left knee.
I think I'll go skiing this weekend for free to celebrate the karmic
retribution of your timely demise. *****wad nobody. *Eat ****. *You got
what you deserve. *
--
According to John Perry Barlow, "Jeff Davis is a truly gifted trouble-maker."

That's nice to know, there are other really stupid people in Jackson.
Ya know if you actually had a job with benefits, you could actually
get the thing repaired. Medicaid doesn't cover ACL's, does it? How
does it feel to be such a total stupid loser with no major medical?

On Jan 3, 5:58*pm, Alan Baker wrote:
In article
,

*TexasSkiNut wrote:
On Jan 3, 3:35*pm, Alan Baker wrote:
One little mistake in the bumps and the docs agree I've torn my ACL...
Welcome to the club. *Assuming you have the surgery (I went with the
hamstring autograft) and do the proper rehab, your new knew is likely
to be stronger than your other knee six months later. *At least,
that's how mine went. *Once I slacked off post-rehab, the new knee
took a few months to regress to the same strength as the non-injured
knee. *Other than some minor irritation due to torn cartilege
sustained in the same fall, I haven't had any problems. *I tore my in
March 99, had the surgery three weeks later, and hit the slopes again
the following January. *I resumed volleyball at a little under 6
months post-op. *Good luck.

Thanks.

I'm waiting to get in with the specialist (who'll probably order up an
MRI), but from what I'm hearing -- including from the assistant director
at my ski school (i.e. my boss), the surgery does sound like the way to
go. She agrees with you that her grafted knee is probably stronger than
her original equipment.

Let us know which type of graft your surgeon decides to use. I got
the hamstring graft since I already had problems with chondromalacia
(improper tracking of the patella) rather than the more popular
patellar tendon graft. Get used to the idea of doing lots of
stretching. Lots and lots of stretching. Tendonitis is a common side
effect and stretching is your best way to head it off.

On Jan 3, 4:58*pm, Alan Baker wrote:
In article ,
(Jeff Davis) wrote:

In article ],
Alan Baker wrote:
One little mistake in the bumps and the docs agree I've torn my ACL...

In Jackson Hole, ACL's are optional. *A Russkl competed for 9 years
with out one, and she was a woman. *I don't have an ACL in my left knee.
I think I'll go skiing this weekend for free to celebrate the karmic
retribution of your timely demise. *****wad nobody. *Eat ****. *You got
what you deserve.

Be a man, Jeffie: come up and say that to my face sometime...

:-)

--
According to John Perry Barlow, "Jeff Davis is a truly gifted trouble-maker."

--
Alan Baker

CRIPPLE FIGHT !!!!!

In article ,
VtSkier wrote:

Alan Baker wrote:
In article ,
"MG" wrote:

"Alan Baker" wrote in message
]...
One little mistake in the bumps and the docs agree I've torn my ACL...

****.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
Did my MCL one year second week of December. I feel your pain.

mg

Thanks.

The hell of it is: I don't actually *feel* very injured!

Hmmm! No pain, no incidental injury (usually). ACL is
pretty much a no pain injury. There may be some pain
while the injury is swollen, but before and after there
is usually no pain with an ACL tear. It may well be that
the ACL is the ONLY injury. Good-o if so.

My left knee (the one with no ACL) gives almost no
trouble (at my slightly overweight pressure on my knees).
My right knee which I very slightly injured in High School,
gives me a bit of grief now and then (weather, you know)
but is whole and complete with just maybe a few rough
edges.

As for surgery or no surgery, A friend tore her ACL in
the same year as I tore mine. She was advised the same
as me. She is a physical therapist working with geriatric
patients. She needs to do a lot of lifting because of
the population she works with. Her knee buckled during
work once and she (a year after the injury) immediately
had the surgery. There was a mild complication during the
surgery involving nerve damage. She, when skiing, cannot
feel the condition of her knee and so wears a knee brace
just so she can determine what attitude her knee is
relative to flexed or straight. Otherwise she is fine.

Let's see, if you don't have the surgery now, let the
injury heal (as long as the doc says the knee is stable),
there is a chance of unusual wear on the joint itself,
causing premature failure of the joint requiring
replacement. I have several friends who ski (very
well) on bionic knees and bionic hips. Their reasons
for replacement range from sports injuries to plain
old arthritis which may be what I'm in for in
10 or so years. Skiing over 70? Yeah, mon! Take a
gander at Saudan in the latest 'Powder'.

Do what is best for you now and let the future take care
of itself.

Thanks for the support.

Assuming that things are as they appear to be -- that I do have a
complete ACL tear, I expect I'll go for the reconstruction.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."