operation

[RDG]

hey all
anyone ever had an anterior cruciate ligament rebuild on the knee?
my leg is in agony, anyone know any tidy ways to relive the pain?

[phillyh]

Its not the same, but my mate fooked his achilles in playing footie, he heard it basically snap, urgh.

He was basically bend/chair bound for weeks, on lots of pain killers and just slept through it.

Hope you get better soon mate

[RDG]

yeah i'm the same and on strong painkillers, still dont get rid of the pain though, its stoppin me from sleeping, sucks like
thanks though

[Cal]

Snapped my wrist 8 weeks ago... nothing you can do except rest mate, and then stretch and manouver it as much as possible when it feels strong enough. Its still stiff :n:

[phillyh]

Snapped my wrist 8 weeks ago... nothing you can do except rest mate, and then stretch and manouver it as much as possible when it feels strong enough. Its still stiff :n:

Tee hee hee:homme::oops:

[Cal]

Them nurses were hot...... naaht.

[RDG]

cant rememer much about the hospital accept i sleeping lol

[Japman]

saw it off with a pen knife

[RDG]

lol might work gav, never expected it 2 be this bad mind

[Japman]

cant you ask for stonger pain killers mate

[RDG]

i got some called tramadols, they suppost 2 be morphine based, still no good, might have 2 phone up and ask like

[Japman]

or take a few valium and go to sleep for a few days

pain should of easd about then :)

[RDG]

yeah lol, one prob tho, aint got any lol

[Zach]

hey all
anyone ever had an anterior cruciate ligament rebuild on the knee?
my leg is in agony, anyone know any tidy ways to relive the pain?


I very nearly underwent this (and possibly should have).

The ligament actually fractured my bone(nealy pulling a chunk off of the top of the tibia/whatever bone it is) and thus didn't tear itself. Not sure if that's lucky or not... but yeah. 10 weeks on crutches including 6 weeks in a full leg cast.

Just remember to go with the physio routine, really does help!

[trcygrdn]

Boooooooooze!! :drink:
When did you have it done mate? Tramadol are usually good, what strength do you have?
xx

[trcygrdn]

PS) Not booze + tramadol btw......spew fest! :)

[RDG]

had it done yesterday morning, taking 2 - 50mg every few hours
its way more painfull than what i was expecting,
i feel like having a pint actually lol but better not coz like u said ( spew fest ) lmao

[trcygrdn]

It'll prob be really sore for a few days until swelling settles. Carry on with painkillers and as somebody already said, physio. :y:
I twisted my knee years ago, had co-codamol which worked pretty well. Decided to go against advice and added booze.....not done that since, lol! :barf:
E-hug! At least you got sax-p to keep you company. :hug:

[RDG]

cant wait till i'm back behind the wheel of my car, missing it like crazy already lol
my left leg is twice as big as my right leg atm lol its nuts lol, looks well strange lol

[Japman]

wouldnt worry mate

there is noone out toynt

everyones staying in

off to kfc now with becca

[RDG]

aww no way, dont wind me up i want a kfc lol, i just miss driving tho
nothing better than getting in the car and going for a spin
hows the gti coming along?

[Japman]

its on pistonheads mate

all ready to be sold:) we are all out now,just poped over and there is a few ere

and ye aim off for a bonless banqit now :)

[RDG]

that just aint fair lol, hate being stuck in the house like, sooooooo borin, bugger it, i might come out next week a bit lol, callum said he'd pick me up

[Japman]

anyone of us will pick you up mate

im with the mrs tonyt but anyother time ill be about

[RDG]

thanks gav, anyone who will i'll give them petrol money

[RDG]

hey, anyone else on here had an ACL ligament reconstruction?

[Chris]

I had ACL rebuild in May this year... snapped that one and one of my Medial Ligaments too... Got titanium screws and brackets in the knee bones for life now.

How come you're out of the hospital already??

Did you go private??

I was in for 3 days/2 nights... own room, TV, On-suite bathroom, nurse at the touch of a button with more drugs.

As for getting rid of the pain, you don't really, it will go slowly, but in the meantime you'll just have to stick with the painkillers!!

When I came out of the hosp all I had was 500g Paracetamols (2 tablets 4 times a day), plus some anti-inflamatry tablets.

Good luck with the recovery..... I'm still having pains and stuff now!!!

Chris :)

[RDG]

I had ACL rebuild in May this year... snapped that one and one of my Medial Ligaments too... Got titanium screws and brackets in the knee bones for life now.

How come you're out of the hospital already??

Did you go private??

I was in for 3 days/2 nights... own room, TV, On-suite bathroom, nurse at the touch of a button with more drugs.

As for getting rid of the pain, you don't really, it will go slowly, but in the meantime you'll just have to stick with the painkillers!!

When I came out of the hosp all I had was 500g Paracetamols (2 tablets 4 times a day), plus some anti-inflamatry tablets.

Good luck with the recovery..... I'm still having pains and stuff now!!!

Chris :)

Nah i went through the nhs, had it done 3 weeks ago, swelling had started going down but had stitches out wed and its swollen up agen, and gone more painfull after i thought it was starting to feel better, i got the symptoms i had when i first did the injury, swollen quad above the knee and swollen calf below the knee and i didnt have this till 2 weeks after the op, its got me worried, what you think? had to see what someone thought of this, i have slipped on the lino fllor twice and had some slight pain but no intense pain so i dont think i've damaged the new ligament, well i hope not

[Chris]

Nah i went through the nhs, had it done 3 weeks ago, swelling had started going down but had stitches out wed and its swollen up agen, and gone more painfull after i thought it was starting to feel better, i got the symptoms i had when i first did the injury, swollen quad above the knee and swollen calf below the knee and i didnt have this till 2 weeks after the op, its got me worried, what you think? had to see what someone thought of this, i have slipped on the lino fllor twice and had some slight pain but no intense pain so i dont think i've damaged the new ligament, well i hope not

The new ligament is stronger than you think, so I doubt you'll have damaged it. I slipped in the bath and thought I'd done something, but it was fine the next day.

Yeah mine swelled up after the stitches were cut, but that will go quite soon and the bruising is a slow healer aswell.

Rest it, but not too much...... exercise it, but not too much!!!

Are you still wearing the TED socks?? They help loads with the swelling.

Chris :)

[Robb]

Think my mates just had this, he did his knee cruciate ligaments playing football, surgeon said his knee was pieces.

He went private, and had all that stuff you said Chris, we went and saw him, he had his xbox set up, ipod speakers, the lot, nurses wernt too bad either...

He wasnt in that much pain, couldnt bend his leg for a week or two, and cant put any weight on his leg at all. He is wearing one of those gay white leg socks aswell, all the time.

[RDG]

The new ligament is stronger than you think, so I doubt you'll have damaged it. I slipped in the bath and thought I'd done something, but it was fine the next day.

Yeah mine swelled up after the stitches were cut, but that will go quite soon and the bruising is a slow healer aswell.

Rest it, but not too much...... exercise it, but not too much!!!

Are you still wearing the TED socks?? They help loads with the swelling.

Chris :)

Thanks that has put my mind at ease a bit, still a little worried though
what socks? i never had any lol
i was in theatre at half 8 in the morning then home at 5 in the afternoon, was on the 29th of sept. its feeling really uncomfortable, worse than b4 i dunno weather to give it a bit more rest just in case or plod on with the excercise lol

[RDG]

Think my mates just had this, he did his knee cruciate ligaments playing football, surgeon said his knee was pieces.

He went private, and had all that stuff you said Chris, we went and saw him, he had his xbox set up, ipod speakers, the lot, nurses wernt too bad either...

He wasnt in that much pain, couldnt bend his leg for a week or two, and cant put any weight on his leg at all. He is wearing one of those gay white leg socks aswell, all the time.

nice, when i went to see the surgeon for the 1st time he didnt even send me for a scan, just played round with my leg and said, i'd snapped the ligaments, damaged the cartilage and he was putting me on the waiting list lol, most people have to be sent for an mri dont they?

[Robb]

Oh, and his surgeon filmed bits of the operation and put it on a dvd, drilling into the bone and all that, through the keyhole cam, was quality.

Watching it made your knees feel all funny.

nice, when i went to see the surgeon for the 1st time he didnt even send me for a scan, just played round with my leg and said, i'd snapped the ligaments, damaged the cartilage and he was putting me on the waiting list lol, most people have to be sent for an mri dont they?

Dunno, my mate had similar problems a while ago. He is pretty good at football, played first team for pompey etc, he had one of the best surgeons in the country, cut alot of the waiting list, but i do think he had to have a load of scans cause of the previous injury etc...

[Chris]

Thanks that has put my mind at ease a bit, still a little worried though
what socks? i never had any lol
i was in theatre at half 8 in the morning then home at 5 in the afternoon, was on the 29th of sept. its feeling really uncomfortable, worse than b4 i dunno weather to give it a bit more rest just in case or plod on with the excercise lol

Get your Mum to pop to the chemist and get you some long TED socks and some short TED socks... wear the long one on the bad leg and the short one on the healthy leg... they are like flight socks and are hard to get on, but really do help with the swelling............. Can't believe they didn't give you any..... glad I went private now!!

Chris :)

[Cal]

Look into getting some Cissus Quadrangularis tablets/powder... Its a plant that aids white tissue recovery a lot and also helps strengthen your tendons and bone. Have only ever seen good reviews about it helping tendon/bone related injurys. I've got some on order :y:

[RDG]

that powder stuff sound good, might look into it tonight
i've never had any trouble before, surgeon just said my leg was so loose compared to how it should be and compared to the other thatt he was sure it had snapped,
heres a few snaps of my knee and the way my foot was looking after it

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p90/Deianov7/SP_A0209.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p90/Deianov7/SP_A0204.jpg

http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p90/Deianov7/SP_A0211.jpg

[RDG]

Get your Mum to pop to the chemist and get you some long TED socks and some short TED socks... wear the long one on the bad leg and the short one on the healthy leg... they are like flight socks and are hard to get on, but really do help with the swelling............. Can't believe they didn't give you any..... glad I went private now!!

Chris :)

wish i could have afforded to go private, the quoted me 5K to go privetly lol, haven't got that kind of cash lying round lol, i'll ask my mum to get me some of those socks now
thanks

[Robb]

Ha my mate had his stitches out the other day. I say stitches but apparantly its just one big stitch. Feels proper wierd when they take it out apparantly.

Also hes been told he may never be able to feel when someone touches his knee ever again, something to do with bloodflow to the nerves or something.

[RDG]

Ha my mate had his stitches out the other day. I say stitches but apparantly its just one big stitch. Feels proper wierd when they take it out apparantly.

Also hes been told he may never be able to feel when someone touches his knee ever again, something to do with bloodflow to the nerves or something.

it is one long thing, and defo does feel weird lol and the surgeon just kinda ripped mine out lol, no consideration for me lol
you can see the long stitch bit coming out from one end of my knee to the other

[saxomatt01]

loks nasty mate,hope you recover.:)

[RDG]

thanks :)

[Rob]

You tried weed? lol

[RDG]

nah i dont do any drugs lol

[Rob]

Only a morphine based pill, lol.

[RDG]

yeah lol, they dont count lol, i've stopped taking them now.

[Rob]

I've got probs with my knee too, apparently my knee cap never fused correctly so i've got basically cartilage holding it together. I've found heat pads help, cant keep them on for long but they do ease the pain a bit.

[AlexB]

i had an acl reconstruction in march
its not fun

lots of pain killers is the way forwards

gotta have another op on the 25th of next month
not looking forward to it

[RDG]

i had an acl reconstruction in march
its not fun

lots of pain killers is the way forwards

gotta have another op on the 25th of next month
not looking forward to it

horrible aint it?
what you going in for next month?

[RDG]

Look into getting some Cissus Quadrangularis tablets/powder... Its a plant that aids white tissue recovery a lot and also helps strengthen your tendons and bone. Have only ever seen good reviews about it helping tendon/bone related injurys. I've got some on order :y:

can u tell me what website your getting that stuff from?
or does anyone know what website i can buy this?