Recovery stage

I could not believe it myself that i really did it, the fear among all runners , knee surgery..well i can't avoid it anymore, it could be worst if it is left unattended, it is highly recommended by the specialist , hopefully he's right about this, cause i'm running out of options/potions for running....injury free

Here how the days started, it is 23 March 2010, at 10 am i was being towed by the nurse to the OT room, yikes, i did my fasting starting from 9.00 am the day before fuhh, The first feeling of entre to the OT , siad to myself ,Oh my God! what had i put myself into?...yikes.. the heart is beating fast, gazing and looking at the surgical instruments laying around u , just gave u the creeps...plus it is supercool inside there, i'm practical freezing with fear and coldness, waahh.. i took the Local Anesthetic instead, cause i want to be awake to witness..mmm is it a bad idea,,,,well sort of...hahah...but it was every educational ones indeed....the local anesthetic went through by spinal..i.e. u can say it is epidural  , it is when the specialist injects the anesthetics through your spine...ouch kind of gerun that time..the "what if" thoughts are flowing through mind like craazy...mane lar tahu if i am the one in a million yang tersilap ke...ngucap banyak banyak..mane lar tahu senget sebelah ke...huaaahhhh.......

After the anesthetic kicks in, i did not feel a thing waist below, i heard the doctor coming in and greeted all the OT nurses then me, and the next minute i looked at the monitor weyy a picture of a knee...inside of it..opps he was already in, he opted for laparoscope or they called it 'scope' for short, two incisions were made at my left knee one for the camera and another for the works....

The doctor was so kind to explained to me everything that he did at the time, wow., surreal experience watching a live knee in action, they snap a few pics, may be later i upload it, for educational purposes..when the doctor mentioned to me that it was mechanical problems, well yar....heheheh i got the first hand lesson of my knee, it was quite hollow....i can see my knee bones the two head going downs, he showed to me the painful parts, on the right side of the knee is caused by the upper bone at distal femoral condoyle is rubbing against the tibia, there are some bruises on the lower meniscus which can't be seen in the MRI, some bone trimmings is done on the upper part of it, then he moves on to the patella, it was diagnosed from the MRI to be lopesided or kind of hard on the left sidehe removes like web kind of things by burning the excess tissues.
The crucial part that makes me worry much is the posterior cruciate ligament , the one's that connected the to the tibia at the back, He briefly explained that its not as flex (sudah hilang kekenyalan) i guess it must had lost it from the many uphill runs kot...hehehe, heated the ligament to shrink the collagen and walla its tight again...but too tight that means i had a brand new spring which is yet to be conditions..the surgery went alright..i was towed back to my room.....

The first few hours after anesthetic, u are not allowed to eat or even move (rules of the thumb 6 hours), especially when it involves spinal, cause the after effect could be quite detrimental after few years,,,prolong back pain...yikes...i was practically starving from the late night fasting...pergggg...after three hour , i was given a chance to have a sip of water,..i almost forgot that i still cant move my legs if i where to eat n drinks then the toilet moves will be quite a hassle therefore better refrained myself owing to the thought, hahaha, the real pains started to sink in very badly after the anesthetic went out, i was practically crying and crouching on the bed, the pain was unbearable, i can't sleep and i can't walk, the pain killer tooks a while to kicks in too, wow...what a bloody pain it was....

The pains slowly subside and now i am doing some physio plus an orthopedic knee brace was placed on my knee set at 60 degree, huhuhu, the docs says i could get back into running after a month depends on my recovery stage, but he only mentioned joging, i guess long distance running still out of the question ler ...expecting a miracle...we''ll wait and see ler...

Happy Training To All....