knee injury

mhawkins686 · 07-09-2009, 04:08 AM

wow i havent been on here for a while due to me blowin my knee out on a dirt bike. yup i wreaked my drit bike on my street. when the bike shot out from me (damn 2 strokes and there powerbands) i tryed to run it off and when my foot hit the ground it completly dislocated my knee. i didnt realize how bad it was till the doctor walked in with that look on his face. you know that look and it dosnt look good. well he said theres a possiblity of loosing my leg due to the dislocation pintching the artery. well after xrays and a ct scan it was lookin good for me keeping my leg but the damage was still bad. three days later we did an MRI and got the results. all four ligimants that hold the knee were completly gone plus a detatched knee cap, two fracutures and a crushed miniscus. so i have a date for surgery so im hoping for the best. im going to SCOI to get my knee fixed and only being 23 i want my damn knee back........ so thats been my fun for the last couple months hows every one else doing/????

also i never realized how expensive it is to fix my knee... between ambulance ride a whole day at the ER xrays ct scans and MRI. im already up to 18,000 dollers and still no surgery. thank god for insurance

surfcitylocal · 07-09-2009, 05:50 AM

Dude! That's terrible. I'm glad to hear that you'll be able to keep your leg. The operation and therapy will keep you busy for a while. I guess you'll be spending more time on here now.

Hang in there and I hope all goes well with your surgery.

mhawkins686 · 07-10-2009, 10:52 PM

its all good just staying possitive. its helps out alot... also being on a fourm keeps your mind busy reading

big_hungry · 07-11-2009, 03:38 AM

I feel your pain ( well half way at least) I've had 4 knee surgeries so far on the same knee and have a few screws holding it together. All due to torn ligaments. The hardest part is learning how to walk again and going through PT. I can assure you the surgeries aren't that bad anymore. There nothing like they were back in the late 80's .

mhawkins686 · 07-24-2009, 04:26 AM

well i go on the 29th for my pre operation and surgery is on aug 6th so im on count down im pretty nervous but excited

big_hungry · 07-24-2009, 05:36 AM

knee surgery isn't that bad. it's the pt that's the killer lol

mhawkins686 · 07-24-2009, 05:41 AM

i can only imagin... its crazy iv been riding my mountain bike every day now 12 miles a day im just not ready to be layed up with a fatty brace for a couple weeks of doing nothing but i want my knee back so its a must

MayheM · 08-02-2009, 11:45 PM

I too know the pain of knee injuries, 9 months on crutches/wheel chair, 3 surguries, thousands of dollars later and I still have pain lol. I actually blew my knee out playing football in college, I tore my acl, mci, 5 tears in my minicus, and to top it off had a bone chip in my knee cap, but hey its ok, it hurts, and something ive always lived by, its pain, and pain goes away lol,

mhawkins686 · 08-07-2009, 07:14 PM

well i had my surgery. went great the surgen was very happy with the reconstruction.. i got 2 cadavor ligaments one for the ACL and one for the PCL. they were able to reconstruct the MCL they cleaned up 2 tears on the maniscus and cleaned up some chiping on the bone and also fixed some of the bone that had some egg shell cracking so now im just at home. no bending the knee for 4 weeks and then i start my physical therpy so one more step to be normal again plenty. so now i have plenty of time to save some money up for the box... im lookin for a roof rack and some nice coil overs...but i just wanted to give you guys an update.... thanks guys

surfcitylocal · 08-07-2009, 07:15 PM

Glad to hear it all went well. That's a lot of work to have done. Good luck on the rehab!

DTRAIN619 · 08-07-2009, 07:22 PM

Great news!! Now, if they would only give you a morphine drip to have at home for the pain....

mhawkins686 · 08-07-2009, 07:23 PM

hahha yeah well i got a the doctor wrote up a thing for norco stuff works pretty damn good

DTRAIN619 · 08-07-2009, 07:52 PM

Sounds like pure bliss!

Oh wait, I'm feeling a twinge in my lower back. Care to share?!

mhawkins686 · 08-11-2009, 02:06 PM

well i got plenty lol. i had no pain after day 2 feeling good tho... just freakin board out of my minds. but thank god for laptops iv been on ebay and craigs lookin for parts for the box but.... went to the doctors on monday everything went great and in 4 weeks i start my physical theropy

DTRAIN619 · 08-11-2009, 05:05 PM

Hopefully PT will be a breeze. Glad things are going well, and that you have a laptop to occupy your time.

Keep those updates coming.

mhawkins686 · 08-14-2009, 12:08 PM

first week down... 3 more weeks to go untill physical theropy... sucks so bad sitting all day.no pain at all just board..... whats some good movies out there to check out

music too i workin on my ipod.. anything to pass the time

DTRAIN619 · 08-14-2009, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mhawkins686

first week down... 3 more weeks to go untill physical theropy... sucks so bad sitting all day.no pain at all just board..... whats some good movies out there to check out

music too i workin on my ipod.. anything to pass the time

Man, you're bringing back memories (boredom-wise)...

I had a really bad bout with Sciatica a few years back, and R&R was what the Doctor ordered. I had to lie down 90% of the time, probably because of the Vicodin prescribed for pain management. It's hard to entertain yourself when you can't really do anything (other than P/T).

Movies... I'm no help there (I know, I'm dull). What type of music do you listen to? I've been working of updating my stuff: Reggae (Bet you didn't guess I'd say that!), Jazz (David Sanborn and Paul Hardcastle), and some old school hip hop (Hammer, Beastie Boys, 3rd Bass, Craig Mack and such).

mhawkins686 · 08-14-2009, 01:56 PM

very nice yeah its not fun to lay there all day i hate trying to sleep but sometimes thats all you can do. but for music i can rock anything. im a big fan of the 3MC's (beastie boys) theres amazing. iv been on dmv's web site all moring trying to figure out a custom plate. thats gets frustrating. im almost at 30 post and then ill start posting some pictures of the box on hear

DTRAIN619 · 08-14-2009, 02:02 PM

Okay, let's get that post count up:

How's the weather in Lancaster? One of my uncle's used to be stationed up there when he was in the Navy.

Anyway, we've got mild weather today in San Diego, so I'm "in da garage" working on a quick mod that was recently posted in the DIY forum: DIY: Plate Hole Plug

mhawkins686 · 08-14-2009, 02:09 PM

weather has been nice for the last couple days... but its been over 1 all summer so finaly a break and cooling down...good ol SD my sister lived out there for a couple years to do school its nice out there. i was getting some ink out there while she was living there i went to above all tattoo. theres not much to do up here its pretty much a desert comunity not much of anything. i wish i could jump out in the guage and do something. im thinkin next week imma pick up a carbon fiber fab style spoiler for the box danny my buddy(dancar420) has my spacers for the rear wheel so i need to get those put on