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ACL Repair Day 5
I ended popping 250 mg of Tylenol last night as my knee was pretty sore from the movement. I tend to be a go-getter and am eager to get back up and going so I'll need to keep my gusto in check to not accelerate too quickly. I
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ACL Repair Day 4
Above is what my leg looks like under the bandages. There’s a medium sized blood blister on the left under the bandages. I try not to poke at it too much. The surgeon’s graffiti tag on my leg reminds me that humans did this work. How wild is
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ACL Surgical Recovery Metrics
The photo above is from my physio Jian Soares' talk on ACL recovery at Fall Line Fitness. This graph stood out to me for a couple reasons. 1) It's a great visual to give me information about how long it will take my ACL graft to fully
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ACL Repair Day 2 + 3
The drugs have been ROUGH. I switched to T3's, which aren't as strong as the hydromorphone, but still make my stomach hurt, my head gross and dizzy, and I'm still nauseous. I quickly went to half tabs of T3's every 4 hours.
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ACL Repair Day 0 + 1
TLDR 1) Hydromorphone SUCKS and makes me very nauseous. Have a vomit bucket ready at all times after. 2) Cryo cuff machines make your icing MUCH easier Day 0 I went at for 7 am, groggy but ready. There was another ACL surgery patient, a teen girl. She and I
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ACL Repair Day -1
I’m documenting my right ACL operation and recovery. Perhaps it will be amusing to read about one day, or perahps useful for someone else to refer to. I won't be going anywhere much for awhile, so why not. 33 minutes until midnight, when I have been instructed