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Just fucked up my knee

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~bagelz~
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I'm in the hospital right now. Doctor thinks I tore my acl and mcl but am waiting on X-ray results. There goes my ski season, I recently copped a pair of Salamon rocker 2s for this season but I'll probly sell them soon. Fuck ultimate frisbee my leg was planted hard and got hit from the side, bending it sideways. Earlier this week i had my last X-ray for my arm and the doctor said everything was healed. Fuck my life

Any similar stories?
Tldr I tore my acl and mcl
Oct 11 2013 11:51PM
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Arabian
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Before i give you sympathy, how did you tear your knees up?
Oct 11 2013 11:54PM
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Arabian
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Never mind/ ultimate frisbee. Meh.
Oct 11 2013 11:54PM
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PsychedelicMoose
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How the fuck does someone tear an acl playing ultamate frisbee?
Oct 11 2013 11:58PM
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.Rybak.
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jumping, landing weird after you jump. Many ways

Oct 12 2013 12:05AM
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SKI.ING
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The same as any other sport. His leg was firmly planted, knee in place, and a guy knocked in to him causing his knee to go sideways farther than it should. Torn acl. Sometimes acl's are torn without any contact at all so it's not that shocking.

Hope you get better man, focus on rehab and other activities.
Oct 12 2013 12:05AM
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Saac
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speedy recovery pal. get medical cannabis i hear it helps
Oct 12 2013 12:34AM
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PsychedelicMoose
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Well that sucks. Hope you get better OP.
Oct 12 2013 12:38AM
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ChillTeenDad420
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sorry to hear it brotha, i tore my acl n meniscus early season last year. Its a bummer, but on the bright side there are percs of getting hurt, if ya catch my drift. plus ya get to park in handicap spots (real dope if you live in the city because you get free curb parking) and ya might get some pity poon! plus, when you do get back on skis, you'll appreciate it 1000x times more. the struggles build character. for now, do everything you can to keep your mind off skiing, you'll be alright. be thankful you didn't tear your meniscus because you'd be in a locked brace for 8 weeks, which sucks dick because in that time your leg melts into a useless piece of shit that looks like you got transplanted from an extremely hairy and muscleless 5 year old girl. if you just tore ligaments, you'll be walking the day after surgery and don't have to deal with atrophy as much. best of luck
Oct 12 2013 12:39AM
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~bagelz~
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Yup that's what happened. I moved back to America, leaving all my friends and stuff behind, partly so I didn't have to do an extra year of high school, but mainly so I wouldn't be 4 hours away from the closest ski resort. Skiing has literally become my life, even my cp had to do with skiing, and I just finished 5 months of recovery for my broken arm. I can't get a green card I'm 17, and I don't get a handicap parking thing because I can't even drive legally in America. My social life revolved around sports because I don't really know anybody around here and now I don't even have that. /depressedrant
Oct 12 2013 2:23AM
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802Valley
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Sophomore yr of high school had to have surgery on my leg beginning of baseball season, sucked so bad, had a new bat and mitt, worst high school experience ever
Oct 12 2013 2:26AM
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Filet-O-Fish
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that sucks dude.
i currently have 6 stitches in my ball sack after a par quor injury.
Oct 12 2013 9:09AM
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Phooka
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Dude I feel so bad for you. Your young so you will recover well, but it sucks being hurt, especially something as critical as the knee. Best of luck bra.
Oct 12 2013 9:14AM
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fortyvalve
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i know that feel. i tore my rotator cuff/had a SLAP tear and got surgery but it ended my baseball career. you'll pull through though man that is a high recovery rate if you just stick to physical therapy and doing exercises on your own time to strengthen it
Oct 12 2013 9:32AM
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AHREN*
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Yeah pretty sure this is totally different...
Oct 12 2013 9:44AM
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Lick
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What I want to know is why are they giving you an X-Ray for your ACL/MCL?
Oct 12 2013 10:30AM
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~bagelz~
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They always X-ray first to see if anything is broken, then the doctor came in and checked out my knee and was like yeah you tore your acl and mcl, by moving it around and stuff. The amount of slop in my knee was pretty incredulous
Thanks peeps
Oct 12 2013 10:40AM
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Blake.P
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My doc explained this to me when I tore mine. Insurance companies won't approve a mri unless a xray has been done because the mri is rediculous I expensive. They want to avoid paying for a mri if the X-ray will show the problem

Also regarding what schmad said, you are it necessarily in a locked brace for 8 weeks if your meniscus is torn. If they stitch it back together that's true, but depending on the tear, sometimes it's better just to trim and remove part of it. They did this to me and I was walking without crutches and an unloved brace within two weeks of surgery (although I still had a massive limp). Good luck man, I'm three months out post op and it sucks but it gets better and you will be stronger at the end
Oct 12 2013 12:13PM
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daannnnieel
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physio. The more you do the better your knee will be down the road.
Oct 12 2013 12:58PM
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humpty
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broke my collar bone a week before i went to the white mountains and two weeks before i went to vermont, i waited all summer to go cliff jumping there and i couldnt i was so pissed couldnt even mtn bike or anything worst vacation ever
Oct 12 2013 1:12PM
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Catbug
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I'm fairly certain that this is in no way the worst high school experience ever.
Oct 12 2013 1:23PM
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~bagelz~
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just got my dad to go 7/11 to get me papers and a lighter /claim
Oct 12 2013 3:12PM
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Davy.Crockett
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i actually know 2 people who have done that

Oct 12 2013 4:41PM
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daannnnieel
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got my mom to drive me to my dealers house and give me $40 /claim

but actually that's pretty cool that he would do that
Oct 12 2013 5:33PM
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MustBeMattyB
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always bums me out to read shit like this, best of luck with the recovery man
Oct 12 2013 6:03PM
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casual
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My only advice for anyone with a knee injury: there's zero reason to go to the hospital. (talking twisting falls and other classic ACL MOI's) They can't and won't do anything for you except give you pain meds (shitty ones) and give you xrays you don't need and send you on your way with a bill. You're much better off going home, RICE, advil, waiting 2-4 days for the swelling to go down and then heading to the doc. You won't be able to get a good MRI until the swelling goes down.

Obviously this doesn't apply for impact injuries (exploding a knee cap) or a true knee dislocation (not a kneecap dislocation). If you don't have circulation issues and can feel a strong pedal pulse, don't go to the ER. There's thousands of other knee injury advice/recovery posts on NS, but this isn't something I've seen said too often.
Oct 12 2013 8:20PM
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KimJong-Illest
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I was longboarding doing a slide and my leg slipped off causing my knee to bend up to my chest. I tore my acl and mcl, cut up a bunch of other ligaments and knocked my knee cap to the side of my knee. When I went to the ER a couple days after this happend they took an x-ray and saw this but also found tumor like things in my knees. The inside of my knee blead a lot so they had to suck it out and got 60mL and there still was more in there.
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After this I got an MRI and found out the tumor like things were benine fibromas which cause lots of pain and can cause stress fractures. I have four 2cm by 5cm ones in my left leg and a couple 2cm by 3cm in my right leg. They don't do sugery to remove these so I have to live with them. I always why I couldn't even walk after a day of skiing. But back on topic it is a long slow recovery, definetly don't try and rush it because you will just screw it up more. I now can't bend my left knee more than 90 degrees and it hurts really bad to use. My tumor things won't go away till I stop growing and that isn't any time soon. But good luck with you knee man.

Oct 12 2013 9:50PM
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doGelyst
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If you are insured, QQ

If you are not, I feel ur pain.

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Oct 12 2013 9:58PM
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Wheaty214
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The fuck are you talking about, tearing a ligament is wayyyyy worse than tearing your meniscus, I tore mine, waited four months, played lacrosse all summer, went to a four day lacrosse camp, worked construction all summer then had surgery before school and could walk perfectly fine four days later. All they do is go in and cut it out. /rant

Just focus on rehab man, do everything the doctor's and your PT tells you to do and you'll come back stronger than ever.
Oct 12 2013 10:06PM
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~bagelz~
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damn that sucks.
yeah i probly didnt have to go the er but my knee bent seriously sideways and made a loud popping noise.
thank god my dad works for boeing which gives us great insurance
Oct 12 2013 10:28PM
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ChillTeenDad420
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depends on the type of meniscus tear you have, yours must have been pretty minor.
mine was a bucket tear, that was basically folded over inside the knee. It blocked the knee from straightening, so when i tried to extend there was about 30 degrees left til the leg would have been fully extended. My leg was stuck in a bend. When they did surg they straightened it back, stitched it up and told me that it would take 8 weeks to heal and if you bend your leg its going to fuck it all up. So yes, while tearing your acl takes way longer to heal, if you have an acl tear it will be an easier recovery if you don't have to waste 8 weeks of not putting weight on your leg with a torn meniscus and allowing your quad, hammy, and calf to atrophy.
Oct 14 2013 3:01AM
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TheBigApple
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Broke my kneecap getting drunk the night before ski season started... oops.
Oct 14 2013 3:05AM
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squibble
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maybe he meant it was his personal worst hs experience?
Oct 14 2013 3:10AM
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Lick
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Just got back from the doctor a while ago, they don't know what's wrong yet but I'm going to PT for my right knee. Last season the pain was unbearable. Hopefully he can make it better.

Also, the PT that I'm going to used to work at the Olympic training center in Park City with skiers, so I'm good!
Oct 14 2013 10:13PM
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