A slow, healing journey to the one-month mark of my ACL surgery By the time I walked out of the physiotherapy clinic, the heavy downpour had faded into a light drizzle. Light enough, for me to thread cautiously across the puddles on the wet floor to the next building. “Hello, do you need shelter?” I had been […]
“So tell me, what do you work as?” my friendly anaesthetist asked in a casual tone, clearly trying to distract me as he tapped on my left hand for a popping vein to insert the needle. I was not in the mood to be sociable, but I answered him anyway. He followed up naturally with […]
The dreaded news arrives from your doctor to confirm your ACL is torn. Complete rupture. You feel the agony, one that is more excruciating than the instant you ‘popped’ your knee. You were told reconstruction is the only option if you intend to return to your beloved sport. Sounds familiar? If you have recently been […]