Week 2

Posted on August 17th, 2014 by scottd

At week 1, doc kept stitches in because first post op appt was 6 days after surgery and he wanted stitches to stay in longer. There is no down side to keeping stitches longer but there is if they are removed too soon. So they took them out week 2.  Applied steristrips to scar after [...]

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Week 1

Posted on August 17th, 2014 by scottd

Had surgery on 7/24. Was put in a splint for a week.  Asked doctor a lot of questions after doing some research, e.g. what type of suture materials and sewing method/knots.  He explained it all and the message I got was that he used heavy duty method to ensure repair was solid.  I even [...]

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July 13, 2014 Misdiagnosed

Posted on August 11th, 2014 by scottd

Ruptured my right AT playing basketball.  Tried to be Lebron and ended up like Kobe!  Happened on Sunday 7/13 so went to urgent care.  The doc diagnosed me with a strained AT.  She gave me a small walking boot and I went on a weeklong business trip to the west coast.  I flew on planes, rented [...]

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Hello world!

Posted on August 4th, 2014 by scottd

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  • annababi | August 18th, 2014 | 7:12 pm

    Best to you on the journey ahead! Good to hear the swelling is going down. The first weeks were definitely the hardest for me. It helps if you put the ATR timeline on your blog so we can easily tell where you are in your progress. Continued healing to you!

  • normofthenorth | August 12th, 2014 | 1:55 pm

    The section of this site about ER visits with ATRs is filled with misdiagnoses and Docs who don’t bother with the Thomson test. Somebody should get sued!
    Check out Wallace’s new way of assessing and treating ATRs non-op - including misdiagnosed “stale” ATRs! - at /Cecilia/protocols. Its very fast, pain-free, scar-free, 2.7% rerupture rate (lower than many surgical trials), and 100% return to sport! See if you can educate a local OS to follow that approach! (Probably NOT the Doc who misdiagnosed you, though almost all of us can learn new tricks…)
    If you can’t get that smart new approach, surgery is the only other well-documented cure for a month-old ATR.

  • nosport45 | August 12th, 2014 | 9:43 am

    Ouch! Hope you get on better now . Are you going for op or none operative route? I second the elevation advice from lance310.good luck with the recovery. Keep us posted.

  • lance310 | August 12th, 2014 | 12:14 am

    brutal. I’m going on 4 weeks post-op..the first week or so will be pretty depressing and stuff, but it’ll get better. If I can recommend anything-ELEVATE and either buy or rent a “knee scooter”-it really has come in handy.

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