Comments on: Day 0: Surgery Today! http://geekhabitat.com/175/day-o-surgery-today/ Where geeks may dwell Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Shannon http://geekhabitat.com/175/day-o-surgery-today/#comment-40892 Shannon Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:10:31 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/day-o-surgery-today/175/#comment-40892 You need to ask her orthopedic surgeon, her physical therapists post-op, and her coach. I can't tell you how long an athlete (whose age you didn't include) is going to take to recover to playing status. I was hiking with in 3 months post-op and had 3 months of post-op physical therapy sessions 3 times a week. I then starting rowing (indoor rowing machine) and cycling and hiking more (with brace for a couple more months.) You need to ask her orthopedic surgeon, her physical therapists post-op, and her coach. I can’t tell you how long an athlete (whose age you didn’t include) is going to take to recover to playing status. I was hiking with in 3 months post-op and had 3 months of post-op physical therapy sessions 3 times a week. I then starting rowing (indoor rowing machine) and cycling and hiking more (with brace for a couple more months.)

]]> By: Mom http://geekhabitat.com/175/day-o-surgery-today/#comment-40891 Mom Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:00:44 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/day-o-surgery-today/175/#comment-40891 My daughter is about to under go ACL reconstruction with the patella tendon - realistically, how long is full recovery? She is an athlete and is doing PT in advance and is determined to be back ASAP. Enjoyed the article! My daughter is about to under go ACL reconstruction with the patella tendon - realistically, how long is full recovery? She is an athlete and is doing PT in advance and is determined to be back ASAP.

Enjoyed the article!

]]> By: delaney http://geekhabitat.com/175/day-o-surgery-today/#comment-17283 delaney Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:56:53 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/day-o-surgery-today/175/#comment-17283 hey, im 15 and i am going to get ACL replacement surgery in a few weeks. I dont tolerate paintoo well, so how much of it can i expect to experience? Also, how long will i be in the hospitol, and how long do you thing i will have to recover at home before i go back to school? hey,
im 15 and i am going to get ACL replacement surgery in a few weeks.
I dont tolerate paintoo well, so how much of it can i expect to experience?
Also, how long will i be in the hospitol, and how long do you thing i will have to recover at home before i go back to school?

]]> By: Jeff Armbruster http://geekhabitat.com/175/day-o-surgery-today/#comment-10400 Jeff Armbruster Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:24:14 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/day-o-surgery-today/175/#comment-10400 I am sitting here with nowhere else to go because of the surgery. I guess that I am lucky in that it was an outpatient procedure and I was actually up on crutches within 5 hours after surgery and actually put some weight on it by hour 10. I too am not a big fan of sitting around but have found it to be useful this time.. Easy to loose weight when the food is out of reach. HAHAHA.... I am not in bad shape and have been up and around everyday as much as I can. The car is a pain so I took my daughters quad to the first physical therapy appointment. Small town so it didnt look so much out of the ordinary. Most people are shocked when I tell them what I had and when. One lady I think almost fainted. She was having the surgery next month. Doing the ankle and quad exercises is funny as I am not on ice but an IFII INTERFERENTIAL deep muscle stimulator for pain and swelling. What a blessing this little unit has been. Beats repacking the ice all of the time and it stimulates the muscle for less atrophy after the surgery. What I am seeing this time is so much bruising it looks like my leg was beat over and over with a bag of oranges. Has anyone seen this type of bruising. From my previous surgeries on the same knee I dont recall this extensive of bruising. My reco and my doctors. Get on a bicycle stationary or otherwise as soon as your they will let you. If you havent already. If so it is never too late to start. I was able to cut my meniscal tear recovery in half by getting back on the bike but I also had good base of around 2-3 thousand miles. I dont know if this would work for everyone but my doctor said it is one of the best as there is less stress on the joint and it works the muscles needed around the knee. I hope that I have not bored anyone and hope someone might find this useful. Thanks and have a happy recovery. I am sitting here with nowhere else to go because of the surgery. I guess that I am lucky in that it was an outpatient procedure and I was actually up on crutches within 5 hours after surgery and actually put some weight on it by hour 10. I too am not a big fan of sitting around but have found it to be useful this time.. Easy to loose weight when the food is out of reach. HAHAHA…. I am not in bad shape and have been up and around everyday as much as I can. The car is a pain so I took my daughters quad to the first physical therapy appointment. Small town so it didnt look so much out of the ordinary. Most people are shocked when I tell them what I had and when. One lady I think almost fainted. She was having the surgery next month. Doing the ankle and quad exercises is funny as I am not on ice but an IFII INTERFERENTIAL deep muscle stimulator for pain and swelling. What a blessing this little unit has been. Beats repacking the ice all of the time and it stimulates the muscle for less atrophy after the surgery.
What I am seeing this time is so much bruising it looks like my leg was beat over and over with a bag of oranges. Has anyone seen this type of bruising. From my previous surgeries on the same knee I dont recall this extensive of bruising.

My reco and my doctors. Get on a bicycle stationary or otherwise as soon as your they will let you. If you havent already. If so it is never too late to start. I was able to cut my meniscal tear recovery in half by getting back on the bike but I also had good base of around 2-3 thousand miles. I dont know if this would work for everyone but my doctor said it is one of the best as there is less stress on the joint and it works the muscles needed around the knee.
I hope that I have not bored anyone and hope someone might find this useful.

Thanks and have a happy recovery.

]]> By: Belinda Boucher http://geekhabitat.com/175/day-o-surgery-today/#comment-8608 Belinda Boucher Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:45:33 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/day-o-surgery-today/175/#comment-8608 My doc has just diagnoised me wth an ACL tear and something else...i kinda went numb after the news of the ACL but I think the PCl is in bad shape too. I am not looking forward to post op pain and nurses having control of the pain meds so I hoping to be in and out of the hospital. The long road of recovery is what really scares me. Sitting around is just not my style and the thoughts of that brace from hip to ankle is a very big turn off so I am thinking no operation and just using a brace when I am doing excercise...Why did you decide to have the operation? and how long do you have to wear the brace..I like running and being slim and think I will blow up and get fat..wearing a brace for that long. My doc has just diagnoised me wth an ACL tear and something else…i kinda went numb after the news of the ACL but I think the PCl is in bad shape too. I am not looking forward to post op pain and nurses having control of the pain meds so I hoping to be in and out of the hospital. The long road of recovery is what really scares me. Sitting around is just not my style and the thoughts of that brace from hip to ankle is a very big turn off so I am thinking no operation and just using a brace when I am doing excercise…Why did you decide to have the operation? and how long do you have to wear the brace..I like running and being slim and think I will blow up and get fat..wearing a brace for that long.

]]> By: dee http://geekhabitat.com/175/day-o-surgery-today/#comment-8590 dee Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:05:38 +0000 http://geekhabitat.com/day-o-surgery-today/175/#comment-8590 Hi, justsitting here with my cyro-packed leg elevated and skimming your story. had acl (hamstring replacement), pcl and mcl repair done 26 jan. I'm looking for more reading on just after surgery cautions and excercises. Drink lots of hot tea/ drnks and you can keep the ice on the knee longer. Enjoy the ride, Dee Hi,
justsitting here with my cyro-packed leg elevated and skimming your story. had acl (hamstring replacement), pcl and mcl repair done 26 jan. I’m looking for more reading on just after surgery cautions and excercises.
Drink lots of hot tea/ drnks and you can keep the ice on the knee longer.

Enjoy the ride, Dee

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