Finally received a diagnosis this morning regarding the injury to my left knee. I'm happy to say that there is NO TEAR in any ligament in my knee. I have 2 severe bone bruises surrounding my knee, a little bit of cartilidge damage, and a severe sprain to the medial collateral ligament (MCL). The bruises are shown by the lightened areas pointed out by the arrows.
So that means......sore to the touch and moderate pain.....but NO SURGERY REQUIRED!!!! This was quite a scare for me, especially since, I can barely put full weight on the knee still. But I'm relieved that I won't need to have surgery, and I won't even need to go through any kind of rehab for it. Although, I'm planning on doing my own rehab starting in the next few weeks. The doctor said about 6-8 weeks before my knee starts to feel normal again, so I'm going to give it another two weeks or so, before I start trying to exercise my knee to strengthen it again.
Even once the knee is strong again, and I feel no pain or discomfort.....my tackle football days are over! I'm switching full time to golf....besides....I'm getting too old for this stuff!!! In the same game where I hurt my knee, a few other people got hurt too....one friend of mine had a severe high ankle sprain....the other tore his rotator cuff. So I think it's VERY appropriate to end my football career now....before another more serious injury can happen.....next time I won't be as fortunate to get off without needing surgery.
Remember.........You're Worth It.
J. Earl Smith
knourworth@hotmail.com
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