My Knee

*The day after surgery*

So, for those of you who don't know, back on October 20th I had knee surgery to give me a new ACL as I had none! I had knee surgery back in 2005 to tighted my ACL as I had a partial tear. Well, 6 months later I slipped on some ice and think at that point, I had ruined it. I didn't have the money to do anything about it except some more physical therapy, which helped a little.

In May 08 I was helping a friend paint the inside of her new house and, while kneeling down, my knee popped! It only hurt for a few days and figured something was still wrong with my knee. So once I got in to the doc and had my MRI, I found out that I had no ACL. They wanted me to have surgery back in June, but with my cruise coming up...there was no way. I figured I had waited 2 and a half years, whats a few more months. Soooo, everything got scheduled and 1 week before my surgery, I overstepped my last step on my apartment stairs and landed on my bad knee...yeah, it hurt really bad. So bad, it bruised from the inside out! Lucky for me that Thursday my mom was coming out to help me after my surgery AND that next saturday my dad came out!

While my parents were here we mostly stayed in enjoying home cooked meals and chocolate shakes! The Saturday before they left I went and bought a new car...well, a 2001 Honda Accord, and that Sunday we went up to Sedona. It was really great to have my parents down to help out and spend almost 3 weeks with them! Here are some pics and if you want to see the "staple" or scar picture of me knee, just let me know. I figured I would spare those that would prefer not to see it...LOL! I hope to be back rollerblading by June!!