Hi everybody,
I'm back but this time its not so good..
During my stay in Florida I had a wakeboarding injury and damaged the meniscus in my left knee. This happened while I was wakeboarding on the cable at OWC.
It Happened on a Sunday about two hours before my family flew over. It was difficult for me as i could not straighten my leg or bend it any further than it already was, I tried to stand up but I just fell back down and I was kind of lost in a way because I have never experienced anything that has cause so much pain and damage to my body.
I was in the shallow water struggling to move and friends that came to pick me up to take me home, were watching me ride and they came over to see if I was alright. They carried me to a bench to see what my problem was, I kind of new what happened as I had a problem with loose cartilage in this knee before and I was told that it could get worse and of course it has.
Our friends took me back to theirs until my family got to the house, I kept icing my knee and heating it.
The next day we went to see the doctors not just any doctors, Dr Ray and Dr Varma these guys are the two main guys for knee injuries as many skiers and riders told us. So we went to see them and we felt confident that we were in the right place straight away.
After an x-ray, and later that day an MRI scan. We got the result on the Thursday and they said that the meniscus which is the cartilage disk that's used as a bushing to stop the two bones from rubbing together, had snapped on the left side and then folded underneath itself and wedged in that position, so I would have to have an operation Next day! Friday I had the operation around 9:45 it last around 45 minutes for key hole surgery to fold the meniscus back in place and pin it down. It went quick for me because they gave me anesthesia to put me to sleep. I woke up after the operation and had a good chat with one of the nurses about the sport I do and she was saying that they get a lot of wakeboarders come in for surgery with Dr Varma and Dr Ray after blowing out their knees. My knee was in a bit of pain after the surgery and the doctor gave me a prescription for painkillers, anti-inflammatory and muscle spasm he also said to keep my leg in a brace to hold it straight and to keep using the crutches for 5 weeks until I go back out to Florida.
Thank you to Dr Varma and Dr Ray of NTC in Clermont I appreciate all you did and am now recovering and hope to ride again soon.
WalMart Cart Boy!
Can't wait to get riding again!
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