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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I had a pretty negative experience. I blew out my knee playing ball hockey - but it wasn't properly diagnosed. By the time I had my surgery, followed by others, I developed stiff knee, and never got full range of motion back - despite a monumental effort and expense on my part. My knee surgeon agreed that I did everything I could and he rarely saw someone work as hard to rehab.
I eventually returned to sports with a knee brace, but was in constant pain - to the point that I was walking with a limp all the time.
I eventually went to a different expert who helped me be able to walk normally and live relatively pain free - but her strong advice was that I could never play sports again (anything with pivoting which rules out hockey, basketball, tennis, and almost everything else). She described my injury as a catastrophic knee injury.
These surgeries are usually successful but my type of outcome can happen. It is your call, but if you are able to play sports and walk normally, I would not necessarily rush into surgery.
Sports was a huge part of my life. I played ball hockey 2-3 times a week, basketball weekly, and tennis through the entire summer. I've not found a replacement for those things and miss it dearly.
Sorry I don't have a more positive story to tell.
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Wow, thats really unfortunate. Sorry to hear you had a poor outcome. Glad you got your normal stride back, but thats some tough stuff to lose.
I am very active person as well, sports is huge for me. I play hockey, basketball, run and hike a fair amount. I have had to cut out basketball and running for the time being, but I would really like to add those activities back if surgery can assist. I am in my mid/late 40's though so I am low on the priority scale so my surgery wait time is going to be about as long as it gets. They seem to prioritize youngsters and the really old for this procedure.
Kinda frustrating but I guess it makes some sense.