Who here just had ACL surgery?

[2manymustangs]

Someday we will all have fake knees hips.

They may as well just replace it all, from your hip down past your knee... One long slice from top to the shin bone... Some nice engineered composite pieces...

With oil bath joints, filled with LUCAS....

[SBS933]

I had ACL reconstruction about 15 years ago. A tendon from my shin was used for mine. No problems to date for me.

Had the same surgery in 1987

[Ziggy]

I have a freind that I ski with in Mammoth. The doctor told her due to her age 52 that she was a little old to have surgery. She just wears a brace and skiis just fine. At your age why did you choose the surgery.?

I've not had an ACL in my right knee since 1979 and have lived pretty normal. Wore braces to ski but went from black diamonds to green hills, play golf and racketball wearing a sleeve. Could no longer play soccer. Now loosing the stability in the second knee I'm pretty lame and can't do most of thoose things anymore.
Left knee is healthy other than this newly ruptured acl so its best to fix it before I fuck it up worse.
Right knee is on the schedule for full replacement due to it being bone on bone and arthitis.

From my POS T-mobile thingie

[Paul65K]

Hey Zig,

No ACL here but plenty of knee surgeries (7) and long recovery experience.......gimme a call and I'll give you some tips on the physio stuff. At a minimum we can drink some wine and compare scars

[The Doctor]

I had the Allograft (cadaver) reconstruction which you get if you're over 40.

Mine was so long ago that they used a technique that is obsolete called the "Andrews Reconstruction." My daughter, did her rotations for a well-respected Orthopedic Surgeon and she told him her dad had an Andrews. His first question was does he still walk? Maybe that's why I limp.

[nowski]

I had the Allograft (cadaver) reconstruction which you get if you're over 40.

I had this surgery done just over 19 years ago (7/94) when I was 34 years old. I'm just now starting to have problems with this knee. I actually had an MRI on this knee last week and I'm waiting to hear from the Dr. with the results. I was riding a bike within 2 weeks after the surgery and I snow skied the 94/95 ski season without any issues. The surgeon was Dr. Miahael Bayer who at the time was a pioneer in this field. I wish you luck on whatever avenue you take...

[Sharp shooter]

I had this surgery done just over 19 years ago (7/94) when I was 34 years old. I'm just now starting to have problems with this knee. I actually had an MRI on this knee last week and I'm waiting to hear from the Dr. with the results. I was riding a bike within 2 weeks after the surgery and I snow skied the 94/95 ski season without any issues. The surgeon was Dr. Miahael Bayer who at the time was a pioneer in this field. I wish you luck on whatever avenue you take...

I'd love to get 19 years out of this. Considering I plan to keep racing moto the odds are probably against me. Thanks for posting!