Whats up with me?

What happened to me ? Where am I ? What am I doing? Is my leg any better?

There can be many questions in your mind, I can imagine.

So to cut long story short... I did my physio sessions , build some muscles, did some ultrasound and IFT to get pain under control and bingo I was able to walk straight and without a limp one month later. I was totally able to pull off one of the major ceremony with an ACL tear with the help of physio sessions and some more moral strength...

But a realisation dawned that I cant be living constantly with this fear in mind of , whether I am stamping my leg right, am I doing more damage to it? Am I putting my leg straight? Am I triggering arthritis?

So, there I took a decision and got my ACL reconstructed alongwith Medial meniscus repair.

What?!? Why?!? Really???  I can hear that all .....

Yes, I got that done and man, How do I feel? As if I have rested all my fears once and for all.....

Now the curve has just one way swing.. upward... towards complete recovery..!!!

Kudos to me...!!!

More on surgery details in next write up... need to go for my physio session... :)

Living with an ACL tear

"Life is uncertain, but how you take it is what really matters...and that your attitude really determines your destiny"

We have heard of this clichéd statement so many times before, but really today I can say that this is not merely a statement.  I can really connect to this and can say that god has created everyone special and has provided everyone with a way to connect to him and to his own self... its only up to us to really start looking inside than finding happiness outside....

I am currently in midst of the biggest problem in my life... but I would not call it a problem but a mere situation that I know I will handle, manage and triumph over...

I had a pretty bad fall last week while working out in the gym, and I have broken my ACL in process (my MRI says so...), and my doctor has prescribed surgery for me. This surgery is not going to be really major one , but the post operative care is what makes this one a huge humongous task. Recovery period is aimed at anything between 4-6 months. While on the other hand, I have my impending marriage in another 3-4 months time, I am not too sure if I would be able to recover completely before marriage. Imagining myself in not recovered mode during the wedding is very difficult.

But I have many questions, in my mind,  I had similar issues 3 years back when I had hurt my ligament, back then I never did any MRI and never got any treatment. Just rested for few days and gave a dance performance 1 month later and started working out in gym 2 months later and also did a half marathon 6 months later. If the big pop sound this time was ligament tear, was the big pop sound 3 years back any thing else?

Currently I have no swelling, and i am able to walk with and without knee brace, of course there is some restriction in my gait but its not limping ... its majorly because the leg is impacted in the fall this time and it will take at least 15-20 days to feel better or so I would like to believe.

I am going to trust my instinct and heal my body. Body really listens to you and your mind, its really up to us to fuel it with good and positive thoughts and not negative thoughts.

My goal is very simple, being a traditional Indian girl, I would want to stand for my wedding on my two legs and do all the sitting and standing multiple times on my own. I would do that without surgery.

Short term goals is :
1) Build muscles in legs
2) Ice pack on the injury 3 times a day for 20 mins
3) Take physiotherapy sessions to improve my range of motion
4) Of course consult an orthopaedic surgeon for (2nd  and maybe for 3rd )opinion

When you believe in something with 100% conviction , you are just a fraction away from achieving it...

And I would do everything possible to make me stand on my two feet firmly.