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Posted June 12, 2013
Good luck!
Posted June 12, 2013
Best of luck to you !!!
Posted June 12, 2013
Remember - the best thing to do to deal with the pain after surgery is to get drunk. Good luck.
Posted June 12, 2013
Best wishes, mate! And good luck!
Posted June 12, 2013
Best of luck with the op, and here's to hoping for a speedy recovery!
Posted June 12, 2013
Good luck with the surgery, akhliber! Here's to a speedy recovery. :)
Posted June 12, 2013
Wishing you a quick recovery, and all the best to your wife and folks who have to put up with you!
Posted June 12, 2013
Good luck and I hope you have a speedy recovery! I'm lucky and haven't really had any physical problems so I can't imagine what you're going through; but I do know that mental outlook is half the battle so keep your chin up and stay in ass-kicking mode. Read some good books, play some good games and you'll be back in business soon enough.
Posted June 12, 2013
I wish you all the best, akhliber (both surgery and your new rig). ;)

Seriously, hope to see you soon telling us you're fully recovered.
Posted June 12, 2013
I have to say that for someone in your position, you have the cheeriest disposition EVAH! Thank you for reminding me that life is about how you approach it. ;-)

Good wishes winging their way to you in hope for a safe surgery and a speedy recovery!
Post edited June 12, 2013 by Momo1991
Posted June 12, 2013
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akhliber: Sorry to make a thread about this, but I am heading out this morning (3:30am here) to get knee surgery for a torn quadracep and some damaged cartilage / tendons / ligaments. It's driving me a bit mad, as Fed Ex should be delivering all my new computer stuff today, and I'll be in a leg immobilizer for six weeks before I can even start physical therapy.

Once I pay off the new computer, I'll throw another giveaway to celebrate, but for now, I just figured I'd ask that you guys wish me luck! I'm not one to be nervous about surgery, and have had knee surgery in the past so I'm not anxious about the actual procedure, just about the long recovery time and frustrating issues that come with it.

Anyway, just thought I'd ask for some good thoughts, not so much for me as for my wife and folks. I'm not the praying type, but I've nothing against it either. So long as I can get the computer set up afterwards, all will be well. Otherwise, THE OPERATION WAS A FAILURE. lol ;)

I may decide upon returning from the surgery to just have a giveaway with one of the games I've been trying to trade, as I hate games collecting dust, real or binary.

So sorry for the rambling thread, I hope all have a wonderful day! I can't wait to start installing some games on the new rig.... (!!!)
I favorited this thread so I could reply.

You don't sound very upset, and that's good. It's better to get this all taken care of now, then jiffyrig it and pay for it for the rest of your life like I did. I tore my knee back in 2005 I believe. I never went to the doctor after my initial visit and tried to rehab it myself out of stubbornness and saving money. The end result, is I rushed out of my immobilizer and off my crutches too fast and ended up retearing my knee when I stepped wrong. As if that wasn't bad enough, a few years back I slipped on some hidden objects in our yard and tore it a third time.

I've still never gotten surgery or anything on it (mainly due to economics), and frequently have my patella dislocate as rarely as three times a year, to as frequent as once a month. On top of that, I suffer from patellar subfluxation, where my knee attempts to go out, causing me to lose all my balance and stability. And having to baby my knee all the time has led to other issues with my other knee, my back, and fun things.

So morale of the story: You did the right thing getting this taken care of now and properly instead of finding a way to try and circumvent the situation.
Posted June 12, 2013
I used to be a martial artist, then my patella got dislocated during a training fight. With any kind of injury it is bad to just hope it heals on its own and just keep going, but what i didn't know was that it's equally bad to be over protective. The joint and muscles need to work, but I avoided any type of movement after the surgery up to the point where I could barely even move the muscles in my leg. If you don't use your muscles they start degenerating and your joints become stiff. In my case I became aware of my mistakes in time and managed to get my muscles going again on my own, but in severe cases people have to get strapped into machines that move their legs. You can image how painful it must be to get your knee bent by a machine when it has become all stiff.
Posted June 12, 2013
Hope the sUrgery went well and any pain is minimal for you.
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