Is it a miracle? I get a call from my knee doctor tonight.....

Ok, here is the situation. Two seasons ago I hurt my left knee really badly. I figured it was MCL at the time, but never really got it checked out by a doctor. I let it heal about a month or two and went on skiing....the next season, I rehurt my left knee again. I automatically thought MCL again, so I took another month or so off, felt better and went back skiing...This time, I hurt my right knee, but it's just a tweak. I take a couple weeks off. Before returning this time, I am wearing neoprine braces on both knees...actually two on the left knee...I am probably a fool for skiing at this point in time as both my knees are so badly hurt I should be taking the rest of the season off, even though it was just mid-season. Second day back, I hit a 45-50 foot table, did a cork 7 and landed a touch backseat. No problem, I try to stand it up as usual when POP, there goes the left knee, so I put all my weight on my right knee, POP, there goes the right knee....I ragdoll and can not get up, let alone walk. (I actually heard them POP too, very disgusting, and mentally imprinted in my mind) Well, needless to say, I had fucked up my knees super bad this time since I just would not let them heal all the way. Being 25, I was out, I thought, for good.

Now, almost a year later to date, I am living back east near to my parents. My knees feel 60% at best and really only bother me now when I try and squat and stand back up from that squat...They seem to crack a lot, but other than that, are really fine. So, a month ago I go to see my knee Dr. here, back east that I've had forever since highschool soccer. He gives me an exam and orders x-rays to be done. Now, keep in mind, this is the first REAL doctor I've seen about my knees since the injuries 2 seasons ago. Well, from the x-rays, he then orders sets of MRI's on each knee with the diagnosis that both medial miniscus's were torn. At this point, everything was according to what I thought would happen. I get the MRI's done and take the CD's back to the Doc. He calls me 5 days later. I miss the call and he leaves a message, but doesn't sound enthused. So, here I am, 10 days after the MRI wondering WTF is gonna happen, thinking the worst of course. Well, tonight, around 6:30 p.m. I get a call from the Doc...He procedes to tell me how similar the injuries are to both knees, almost identical, but the injuries seem to be old...they include a partial tear to both ACL's and MCL's..."So, what's the word" I say, and he says "Well, your about as lucky as they get, but from what I see from the MRI's, there is no need for sugery now or in the future." I say, "Well, so the fact that they feel weak is because they really are weak and I need to get my pussy ass in the gym?" [I know this Dr. really well!] He says, "It's not uncommon for people to baby the parts of their body that they seriously injure, after the fact. It's a very mental thing...we can take care of the cracking with a scope when you get back from Steamboat" [I'm traveling to Steamboat Mar5-15] and I say "So, damn, that means I can ski now, no problem?" and he says "yep, just come by my office and pick out a couple braces to take with you till you rehab you knees nice and strong" and I say "and about competing next season, you see nothing wrong with that?" and he finishes by saying "No, nothing at all, just start working those quads to the max!"

Now let me clearify something...I have been taking it easy with sports and anything having to do with my knees thus far as they from time to time feel very weak and unstable...now saying that, starting tomorrow, I'm gonna start a program to have these babies 100% by early summer....

If you've made it this far, thanks for sticking with me. I guess the moral of the story is if you feel like you at the ropes end, don't be surprised if you get hit with the biggest karma shot of your life. I feel like this is a gift from god, going from yesterday thinking that I was having full double knee surgery next month, to today not needing surgery whatsoever....All the good things I've done in my life, just repaid me on the phone! I wanted to let everyone know! I'll be hooking back up with Liberty for the 06-07 competition season and I hope to see everyone out there!