Our church group is doing a dodge ball tournament for youth and one for adults. A week and a half ago while Jody and Judie were visiting we decided to all go and play in the game. This was my first game due to conflicts with kids schedules. Well we were half way into the game and as I was going for a ball, I had a little accident. I remember my body twisting one way and my knee the other. As I fell down I felt a pop in my knee, had a ton of pain and thought to myself "knees are not suppose to be bending this way, this is very bad". I scooted myself off the gym floor onto the side and rested there until I felt I had some control. The pain subsided a little so I thought ok I can walk out of the church myself, well my knee buckled and I could not walk on it. I had to have help getting into the car. The last week I have had xrays, MRI's, doctors appointments and physical therapy. I ended up completely tearing my ACL and injuring my MCL. I need to have surgery on the ACL, but that can not be done until the MCL heals and I get my full range of motion back in my knee. So, my surgery will be in May sometime. I had been sooooo excited to start running outside and the day before this happened ran 6 miles around a small lake. I was getting geared up for Triathlon season and deciding what races to do and even joined a women's tri group called Triple Threat Triathletes. Well all my summer workouts/races are out. It has been very frustrating because I absolutely hate having to ask for help from anyone even my husband. I have the" I can do it myself" attitude, and now I have to have help with stuff. I keep telling myself it's only a knee, it could be much worse. It is very hard for me to have to slow down, and it takes me forever to get small tasks done, that involve walking. I have decided I am going to set records for fastest recovery and will be running/biking/swimming before summer is over.This picture is of what I will get done to my knee in a few weeks, except my doctor will use a piece of my hamstring for the graph instead of PCL in the picture. I find it very interesting and fascinating how doctors can repair injuries. Thanks goodness for modern medicine!!! It also kind of creeps me out a little.
