My left knee

The last time I wrote anything was Aug 23, 2011. Well over 13 months ago. Since then this website has changed and I don't even know if I'm writing in the correct space. I just clicked new post and now I have a huge white... page I guess that I'm typing on. Let's see if this is being wasted or not.

Hello my readership of 4. This is my umpteenth time trying to get this blog off the ground. I think this time is a little bit different because this journey is a little bit different and it's going to be more informative then the dreck I was writing about before. What am I talking about you might ask?

 Two and a half months ago, I tore my Anterior crutiate ligament on my left knee. So what? This is a common injury that many athletes face at some point during their careers. It's not that uncommon, why waste a tiny corner of the internet writing about it? Because I think it's interesting and I want document the entire process since I don't think many people have (I could be wrong, but where I live in the world wide web, I can't find much, if any)

 So back to the story, two and half months ago I tore my ACL. The big deal about it is that it happened two and a half months ago, but I found out about it last week. To clarify, I've been walki... hobbling around on a busted wheel for two and a half months. Why? Easy, it didn't feel like a ligament was busted. It felt like I sprained it, which is still a pain in the ass to deal with, but recovery is... simpler. Despite friends, family and co-workers telling me to go see a doctor, my stubborn ass stayed put because hey, the swelling was going down... my limping went from full borne pain each step to a slight limp with minimal pain. I R.I.C.E'd myself everyday for the first month and as the pain subsided, I weened off doing that. I was feeling better, it certainly couldn't have been worse then a sprain in my mind. I even started jogging again.

 Then in early September I re-aggravated it. I don't know how, but it really started bugging me, out of the blue (to my mind). My knee started buckling on me, so at that point I "caved in" and went to the doctor. He thought it was a torn meniscus but refereed me to the orthopedic doctor to be sure. After that appointment, he confirmed that it wasn't a sprain at all, but a torn ACL. With a possibility of a torn meniscus. I have a MRI later this week to a) see the severity of the tear and b) verify if the meniscus is torn as well.

What my goal is here is to document my trials and tribulations over the course of however long it takes to recover.  Any questions I have/answers I receive will be discussed.  In the meantime, I'm going to figure blogspot out.  Ehhhh?  EEHHHHHH?

Now, Rafi Bomb!!!