Under the knife

[06Gixxer King]

Just so everybody know i will be having arthroscopic surgery on my knee tomorrow morrning to fix some stuff. at this point they aren't postitive what needs to be done so they can't give me a firm recovery time but it looks like i should be able to be ready for the start of school but it may cut it close.

Anyway i will probably not be on the board for a few days but i will try and get on and let you all know how things go

[Cleopatra]

Good Luck!

[evilbeef54]

GL. who's the surgeon, i had my acl done and a lot of damage cleaned out in feb of 05, 2mo's after the surgery it felt better than it did before the accident, i'm still real cautious though

[06Gixxer King]

the surgeron is Dr. Murphy here in Portland. The practice is the team dr's for the Blazers and the office/surgery center is directly across the street from the Blazers practice facility so i am in good hands.

[evilbeef54]

okay cool, well enjoy the fun drugs, i was back on my bike 6 weeks to the day later, although it was weird for a while throwing my weight over to that side, i definatly suggest hitting that Physical Therepy hard

[az 05 r6]

good luck man, hope all goes well

[06Gixxer King]

Well guys i am back home now. I got to the surgery center at about 10am, was given my 1st round of setatives about 10:40 and then they took me right back and i was out of surgery by 11:40 so about an hour surgery,

I don't remember it but i was in recovery for about an hour and a half. Apparently i woke uo more than once but was in so much pain i asked for a lot of meds which ended up slowing my breathing pretty slow. i ended up being ok and leaving about 1:30

As for what they did the 1st thing was they repaid a ragged medial plica (wasn't torn or as bad as they thought but still in bad shape) Also it was confirmed i had pulled the lateral muniscus off it's anchor point so they stiched that back up.

Right now i am home watching tv enjoying the pain meds. They have me in serious brace (the kind with the 2 side bars and dial that limits motion. I take it off to use a machine called Game Ready which wraps around my leg and pushes ice water(or cold air not sure) and squeezes the leg to prevent swelling and blood clots. Tomorrow i get a machine that will move my leg to help get me walking sooner, and hopefuly back on a bike soon too but that will probably be at least 6 weeks.

Evilbeef i will be starting with PT on friday and going 2-3 times a week.

Total recovery time should be around 3 months for full recover.

Thanks for all the support guys and i will keep you posted

[evilbeef54]

you obviously aren't on enough pain meds since yo are typin just fne... with the constant movement machine you should be up in no time, my doc just gave me a S*&Tload of percocet and darvocet and said tough it out you'll be fine, and i was on te bike in 6 weeks, but seriously pace your self do the pt and take it slow and you'll be fine, gl and merry christmas

[06Gixxer King]

you obviously aren't on enough pain meds since yo are typin just fne... with the constant movement machine you should be up in no time, my doc just gave me a S*&Tload of percocet and darvocet and said tough it out you'll be fine, and i was on te bike in 6 weeks, but seriously pace your self do the pt and take it slow and you'll be fine, gl and merry christmas

I know i am not on enough meds i have been saying that since i came out of surgery. i was on better stuff before surgery.

Plus i only got 40 pills from the Dr and when i wanted more/better stuff on thursday(2days later) i was told not and now i am out of them. going back to the other stuff.

As far as moving i have been restricted to no weight on it/no more than 30 degrees motion in the brace for 4 weeks.

So being on a bike yet alone walking fine in 6 weeks seems to be a stretch

[06Gixxer King]

little update:

I can now go without a brace and crutches as comfortable but i can't put much weight on the leg without the brace and i definatly can't walk without crutches. So i need to get that in line.

Also the use of the crutches has led to my shoulder injury from my accident becoming aggravted and painful and now i need physical therapy and possibly and MRI on it.

SO the result is i have no idea when/if i will be coming back to arizona. I will not be attending ASU this semester and there is some question as to if i can/will return to the school.

I should have more info in the next 2-3weeks

[GixJello206]

sorry to hear bro heal up quick yo!!!!!!!

[Blue Devil]

Like i said on the phone. Let me know if there is anything I can do

[06Gixxer King]

Thanks for the support guys

but since i am not going to be back anytime soon i'm thinking superbowl party here at my place in OR. Got the 60" HDPlasma with a 7.1ch audio media room to watch the game so you guys are welcome to join.

Plus it looks great outside with this nice snow...thanks snow for saving me from 3 more dr. appointments.

[357Magnum]

Thanks for the support guys

but since i am not going to be back anytime soon i'm thinking superbowl party here at my place in OR. Got the 60" HDPlasma with a 7.1ch audio media room to watch the game so you guys are welcome to join.

Plus it looks great outside with this nice snow...thanks snow for saving me from 3 more dr. appointments.

lol well at least there is something good about being stuck at home. 60" plasma.....drooooool

[06Gixxer King]

Thanks for the support guys

but since i am not going to be back anytime soon i'm thinking superbowl party here at my place in OR. Got the 60" HDPlasma with a 7.1ch audio media room to watch the game so you guys are welcome to join.

Plus it looks great outside with this nice snow...thanks snow for saving me from 3 more dr. appointments.

lol well at least there is something good about being stuck at home. 60" plasma.....drooooool

yeah it's great for the 1st 2 weeks but after that you go nuts realizing this is the only thing your going to be able to do for a month and a haf is watch TV. it gets old fast.

[357Magnum]

Thanks for the support guys

but since i am not going to be back anytime soon i'm thinking superbowl party here at my place in OR. Got the 60" HDPlasma with a 7.1ch audio media room to watch the game so you guys are welcome to join.

Plus it looks great outside with this nice snow...thanks snow for saving me from 3 more dr. appointments.

lol well at least there is something good about being stuck at home. 60" plasma.....drooooool

yeah it's great for the 1st 2 weeks but after that you go nuts realizing this is the only thing your going to be able to do for a month and a haf is watch TV. it gets old fast.

at least your right hand will get lots of working out :P

[06Gixxer King]

at least your right hand will get lots of working out :P

nope got your sister to come up and do that for me :P

[Blue Devil]

at least your right hand will get lots of working out :P

nope got your sister to come up and do that for me :P

Well its a good thing your mom is down here with me then... she wont be there to both you. Ill tell her you said hi.

[06Gixxer King]

UPDATE: okay so things are pretty mixed right now. I am finally able to put some weight on the leg (100lbs on wed. tested by moving weight on to bent leg placed on a scale and getting it to move) and i should finally get off the crutches in the next week or two.

Now the bad news: My knee doctor is being a dick and won't give me a note for school (3 other doctors think this is out of line) and also won't give me any more pain meds even though i get 4 hours sleep with a vicodan and an ambien (half an ambien worked pre-surgery). Also becuase of the crutches i have severely aggravated my shoulder injury from when i went down back in July. So my physical therapist told me to go see somebody (i asked the knee guy about it and he brushed me off) so i went to the guy who looked at it over the summer. He says he is "highly suspecious" that something is torn/damaged and i now get an MRI next week.

so long story short i probably won't be back for at least a month but i will be in town end of March at least becuase my family is planning a vacation to Scottsdale then.