Knee Surgery

[Swiblet]

A few weeks ago, I fell on the basketball court and had torn my ACL ligament in half, as well as broke off most of the socket that holds the knee together (miniscus or something like that). Yesterday, I went into surgery, where they cut off a large piece of one of my tendons and used it to make the new ligament, and they stapled my miniscus together completely. Needless to say, this hurts. ALOT. So I went home. At night, suddenly, everything below the knee surgery site became 100% numb. I can still move my foot around (though it's difficult) and my foot is the right pink color, so it's still getting blood. Yet....it's 100% numb. On top of that, I am getting naucious and have a 101.5 fever (which probably means infection).

Needless to say...I'm terrified! Please just wish me luck on this >.< I think I'll need it. I'm going to the doctor again to have him try to find what's wrong with my leg.

Ben

 

[GamingX]

I am very sorry to know that you suffered an injury and on top of that a surgery, I was wondering where you had gone since you were a such a regular member. I wish you luck with this and my prayers are with you. Good Luck and God speed. Looking forward to you being back.

 

[shaunak]

My best wishes are with you.

If it helps:
Remember the human body is truly amazing. It can repair and get itself up and running from nearly any situation. Added to that, today medical science has progressed so much that every injury can be recovered from.
It is important just to keep faith, have patience and courage. Never loose hope and remain positive.
Remain positive and believe that you are going to recover, and you WILL recover. I am confident you will.
note: Being positive does help, its called the Placebo effect.

To ease the tension, try distracting yourself with music, movies, books or computer games. Research shows computer games to be the most effective, followed by movies.

Once again, all the best and get well very soon!

“Courage consists in the power of self-recovery.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

[Micro]

Most likely its some side effects to either anti-biotics or painkillers they have given you.

When i had surgery they injected Local Anesthetic into my knee joint, and it kicked in about 6 hours later (Injected it into a hollow space or sommint... they told me but i have forgotten).

If it continues more than 24hrs go back to the hospital.

 

[DefecTalisman]

Hectic man. That sounds really painfull. Damn, ouch...

Could be as Micro says, or it could be they damaged a nerve or something. Either way just be posative, smile and try and keep it cool. Would rather not wish you luck, cause thats almost admitting defeat.
Would rather be posative in saying you gonna get through it and when its over it will become a memory and a bloody good story.

I can relate to pain... Had a tooth with an absus for at least 2 months, it made me really grumpy and a ****ty person to be around (props to my lady for putting up with it). Only got up the balls to go to the dentist a week back, put me on antibiotics and then extracted it yesterday (could of had root canal, but had one before and its long and painfull).

 

[satbir]

Get well soon Ben. We are there to share your pain (though not physically but virtually and spritually).

 

[Swiblet]

I went to the doctor's today just to get the numbness checked out. He told me that they had my leg in a clamp for three hours, so my leg was near-dead by the time they actually took it out. That is why it is asleep - it's still getting its blood. Like when you sit on your leg for 5 minutes, it usually takes 2 minutes to get the tingles off em. He says I should have all the feeling back in my leg by the end of the week. He tells me that I should rest with a pillow under my foot and my leg stretched out to make it come as close to locking as possible, so it'll heal that way. That is the most painful way too >.< Go figure.

Thanks for the well wishes, everyone. I won't be too regular until I feel a little better (at least good enough to scoot myself upstairs where my computer is located).

~~Ben

 

[Micro]

Smile sweetly at your mom, flutter your eye lashes and ask her to buy you a wireless router + laptop

 

[KowKing]

Smile sweetly at your mom, flutter your eye lashes and ask her to buy you a wireless router + laptop

Or an iPhone...

 

[Derek]

Hope your knee gets better soon.

 

[VictorySkateShop]

Ouch. Sorry about that man. I know somewhat what you were going through. I tore an ACL back in August. Were it not for the grace of God it'd still be torn. Nonetheless, I have surgery in Nov., so if they do near the same type of thing I'll get the fun of a numb leg for a while .

 

[Swiblet]

=000 I can give you future tips then!! xD Okay, here goes.

1. Fever under 102 degrees for the first week is normal - the body needs to kill whatever tiny amount of bacteria entered the wound in the sterile surgery room. It's "sterile", but not perfectly clean. The doctors are still breathing, the door still opens, and so on.
2. If you are numb below the knee to your foot and you can't move your foot at all, you probably got a permanently damaged nerve. If you CAN move it the slightest bit, it's the fault of the clamp they had your leg in for hours. Your leg will have its blood back within the week (mine's still slightly tingly).
3. When you rest, don't rest with a pillow under your knee. Rest with a pillow under your foot. Your leg needs to rest in a locked or near-locked position if necessary.

That's about all I can tell ya that docs didn't tell me ^^ The operation was smooth for me. I didn't even remember falling asleep. I just fell asleep, and in what felt like 2 seconds after, I woke up and my leg was on fire and it was over =P

Thanks for the sympathy >.< How did YOU tear your ACL? Apparently, that kind of injury is HORRIBLE for a kid. Only professional athletes get that. What happened? And what do you mean by the grace of god? If god helped your ligament heal, then you didn't have what I have. A tear can be healed easily. I tore mine in HALF. COMPLETELY separate. There's no chance of fixing that without human help.

~~Ben

 

[eyelet4u2]

Hope you are healing nicely now and most of the pain is going away.

 

[VictorySkateShop]

=000 I can give you future tips then!! xD Okay, here goes.

1. Fever under 102 degrees for the first week is normal - the body needs to kill whatever tiny amount of bacteria entered the wound in the sterile surgery room. It's "sterile", but not perfectly clean. The doctors are still breathing, the door still opens, and so on.
2. If you are numb below the knee to your foot and you can't move your foot at all, you probably got a permanently damaged nerve. If you CAN move it the slightest bit, it's the fault of the clamp they had your leg in for hours. Your leg will have its blood back within the week (mine's still slightly tingly).
3. When you rest, don't rest with a pillow under your knee. Rest with a pillow under your foot. Your leg needs to rest in a locked or near-locked position if necessary.

That's about all I can tell ya that docs didn't tell me ^^ The operation was smooth for me. I didn't even remember falling asleep. I just fell asleep, and in what felt like 2 seconds after, I woke up and my leg was on fire and it was over =P

Thanks for the sympathy >.< How did YOU tear your ACL? Apparently, that kind of injury is HORRIBLE for a kid. Only professional athletes get that. What happened? And what do you mean by the grace of god? If god helped your ligament heal, then you didn't have what I have. A tear can be healed easily. I tore mine in HALF. COMPLETELY separate. There's no chance of fixing that without human help.

~~Ben

I know it wasn't entirly the same, but still near the same. That's why I said I know how you feel somewhat. I was on a trampoline and overextended it. MRI showed a fairly small tear in the ACL. And Dr.s said mine couldn't heal on it's own either. Honestly, their plan going in is to go to my tendon(I think tendon), take a small piece, and replace the ACL. But once again, by the grace of God, it isn't torn no more.

 

[Swiblet]

Maybe it's just the ACL that doesn't heal then. Well, anyway, the tendon thing is exactly what they did to me too. That's why it's a horrible road to recovery. Bone drilling, missing tendon parts, new ligaments...it's horrible! =0

But I just couldn't stand having a dead guy's ligament in me.

What I don't understand, is if God healed your tear, then why do the docs have to come and fix it anyway?

~~Ben

 

[VictorySkateShop]

Because dad wants them to cut in and see anyways .

 

[swirly]

The fever may be your body reacting to the new "ligament" they made. Just like how when a person gets braces, their mouths water more. I had some of my meniscus taken out this summer, and I'm fine. But I wish you luck.