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ACL Reconstruction Surgery
I decided to go for the operation in Wimbledon Parkside Hospital. To prepare as much as I possible could I asked Dr Thomas as many questions as possible. How long will I be in hospital for? How long will I be on crutches for? How long will it take for me to walk? Will it hurt? What's the process? I don't think I could have asked anymore questions to better prepare myself, but looking back on everything now, I was incredibly underprepared. But perhaps if I had of known how hard it would be I wouldn't have gone ahead with the surgery.
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Physio therapy
I had never hurt myself before so the initial shock of needing serious “treatment” was quite overwhelming.
Dr Thomas referred my to a absolutely fantastic Physio in Belgravia, Anna Cunnington, who part if the DJ Naylor Group. Again, I can’t speak highly enough of Anna.
She like me is from Sydney, Australia and studied at Sydney University.
When I arrived I really was in a bad state. I hadn’t stood “up straight” properly on my two legs for weeks and my left knee was constantly bent.
We worked so hard for weeks and weeks to get my leg straight and me waking properly again. I was seeing the Physio every week to every two weeks. I also had a massive exercise programme for the gym which if I were to fully complete from start to finish would take the best part of two hours. Essentially it was a lot of time on the cross-trainer and on the bike, as well as a lot of work on the Swiss ball and general leg lifts.
I persisted with Physio for about 4 months. And while I could run and generally do most things, I certainly couldn’t run fast, or side to side, and there were days where the knee may be a little swollen and I would take a tumble just due to that little bit of instability.
What I think, in the end pushed me to make the big leap and decide to get the surgery was one night clubbing. My friend suddenly pulled me in one direction and my poor knee went the other, and despite drinking a few that night, the pain was excruciating. I had blurred vision because of the pain.
So despite all the hard work and long hours in the gym, I decided to go for the op.
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The first weeks post incident
Back in London I really didn't know how serious my injury had been. My knee was sore and I was certainly limping. I couldn't crouch down, but I thought it would get better with time. I saw my GP after about 4 weeks or so and again he said it was fine and to come back in 6 weeks time if it wasn't feeling better. If it wasn't for my boss, I probably would have waited another 6 weeks - but he demanded I go see and Orthopaedic Surgeon who had operated on both himself and his wife. I saw Dr Rhidian Thomas who at my initial consultation said I may need surgery. I got an MRI scan the following day which confirmed I had a full ACL rupture. Dr Thomas explained my options. He is very conservative surgeon and as I was petrified by the thought of going under the knife I opted to try Physio therapy. Dr Thomas encouraged this choice and explained that if anything it would put me in a better position for if I did decide to go for the operation.
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So how did it happen?
I fully ruptured my ACL skiing the "black run" of the Vallee Blanche in February this year. The Vallee Blanch really is for experienced skiers only. You need a guide, and you need to walk down a very steep ridge in ski boots linked on a harness and rope. It's serious stuff. We had a lot of confidence in our French Mountain Guide "Fred" who had lived in the Chamonix valley his whole life. The day we went up was a bright sunny day, but it had been snowing non stop the week previously so the powder was incredibly deep and thick - even Fred couldn't believe his eyes. We had hired fatboy skis and cranked them up tight so they wouldn't pop off in the powder. But, of courses because the powder was just so thick my friend lost her ski, and my other mate who was a boarder was also finding it very tough! We go to a 42 degree angle slope of the run, heavy with powder. I essentially just leant back too far - and my knee literally just - snapped. It was strange I really don't remember any pain. I screamed, but I think only out of shock because I couldn't believe I had injured myself at such a remote position. Fred was yelling about "ice slips" and "avalanches" but there was no way I could ski. My knee was totally unstable, despite three efforts to stand up and ski, I calmly told the guide that he must call for help and so he did. Within 20 minutes or the helicopter came, but because of our location and the thinness of the air there was no way it could land. A paramedic dropped from a rope 100s of meters above me, came down on the rope. They put a blow up leg brace on me. And as I had already had a harness on he simply just clipped me onto his rope and lynched us both up. The only instruction I had was to not touch the helicopter. I was dangling and spinning from a rope 1000s of meters above the French Alps. In all honesty I don't remember a lot. It was all a bit strange as I wasn't in huge amounts of pain (because the injury was so bad!). They asked me my age - but because I didn't want them to think I was enjoying a free helicopter ride I kept my eyes closed for most of the ride. Once I got to the heli pad, I was inspected by a doctor, they asked me if the knee was "unstable" which it was but didn't fuss too much after that. I caught a cab from the heli pad to Chamonix hospital where there were a number of batted and bruised skiers. I had an X-ray which was all clear so I was simply given some paracetamol and a ridiculously fitting leg brace which was most certainly more a hindrance than an aid, and told to get an MRI on my return to London. That night was our final night in Chamonix, so I went out hobbling around, and had a good time! I flew EasyJet the next day back to Luton and I think that was when the pain had set in.
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ACL Reconstruction recount
I have decided to give a quick overview of my ACL injury. Despite being already 6 weeks post op, I found reading other people’s recounts about their surgery and rehab journeys incredibly helpful so I thought I too would share my experience to hopefully give others a little bit more help in what to expect and tips on how to get through it.
Overall, despite reading a few blogs, now at 6 weeks post surgery I feel I was incredibly underprepared and really didn’t have any idea as to how challenging the process would be both on the body and mentally. Every day has just been “though”. So here is my journey so far.
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