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Originally Posted by Shazam
How's the knee? Always curious how these surgeries end up long term.
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To be honest I'm not a success story.
I had a very difficult time in my recovery, including because of a massive amount of scar tissue that built up. I worked as hard as you can on my re-hab and still struggled to get back the range of motion. Ended up having the knee scoped to get rid of the scar tissue, but even then it was a struggle.
I ended up returning to sports but was in pretty constant pain and I developed a bad limp just to walk around. It stated to impact my hips and rest of my body.
I ended up going to a different knee specialist who helped me walk normal again and live pain free, but she was also very clear that I had to give up sports which require pivoting. So I had to give up all the sports I loved (hockey, basketball, tennis, etc). But I don't have pain most days, and I can walk normally.
Not horrible but not a success story. I miss sports dearly. I have a recuring dream where I show up to play hockey and I've forgotten my stick and therefore have to sit on the bench and watch everyone else. Doesn't take an expert to interpret that dream!