| Author | Message | ||
     Boney95 |
Damn! Got the surgery today, wanted to see what the pain was like with out the meds for a bit. Needless to say, I had to pop a couple of oxies. Beers didn't do the trick. | ||
| Doubled |
Keep on top of the pain. I had to stay on the vicodin for a couple of days after mine and ibuprofn for a few more. Good luck and heal quick!! Riding season will soon be upon us!! | ||
| M2statz |
Ahh the memories or lack of em. I was on the Vicodin after my ACL surgery and that put me into a fog. The IBP and tylenol combo seemed to work better for me. Good luck with your recovery!! | ||
| Firebolt32 |
Those meds will lock you up if you take to many. I had ACL surgery about 10 years ago. It was the best surgery I've had. The broken arm 6 months ago and the shattered fib and tib 2 weeks ago hurt a hell of a lot worse after surgery! Heal fast... | ||
| Damnut |
You'll feel better in about a week or so. The first few days after ACL surgery really sucks. It get better really fast, best thing I ever did was getting my ACL replaced. | ||
| Reepicheep |
I got off the pain meds within the first 24 hours, I hated them. They made me all paranoid and edgy. Did you get one of the coolers with the aquarium pump thingy and the water jacket? Plug that sucker into the wall, use an ace wrap to put the bladder part over your knee, fill that sucker with ice, and let it circulate for the next 2 hours. Rinse and repeat. The leg immobolizer works well... you might fall over, but you won't bend the knee. That worked fantastic... much better then the percocet. Did you do the donor graft, or the autograft? I had the donor thing, and recovery was pretty good, I was walking around the Kawasaki dealer getting parts to restore (so I could sell) the KLR250 within 72 hours (don't tell my doc). Keep the narcotics, just give me the cooler thingy... | ||
| Boney95 |
Everything is good except the laxative are making me throw up. Its not the oxies. But as soon as I take the laxatives about an hour later I've got to throw up. I got this chiller machine. It uses distilled water and cools the water to 43 degrees, while circulating through the pad. Works pretty damn good. I opted to go with the pattella tendon. The Doc said this was the best way to go. All of the pro athletes go this route. He mentioned that useing a cadaver tendion was not the best because when they sterilize the tendion the tissue/cells are damaged in the process. I'm already walking with out crutches. Though the Doc called me today and told me to stop doing it. He wants me using crutches the next two weeks or so. | ||
| Aesquire |
I hate pain meds that make me woozie....but you have to control the pain...while keeping the feeling to avoid damaging yourself. Tylenol does pain, Advil does swelling & pain, Oxy does pain great, but is nasty addictive. ..eat well, and get mouthwash to kill the vomit taste, Coca-cola helps with nausea. Keep on top of swelling, that will really slow the healing. Keep up the range of motion....gently! Use the stupid crutches, it's great upper body work, and gets people out of the way at the mall. | ||
| Firebolt32 |
Yeah...Many surgerys now are really non evasive. The ACL is one of them. They used the cadaver on me. As for the last two there was no such thing as non evasive due to the severity of the breaks. That chiller machine would be great for my leg. They have me in a boot right now that pumps up like the old school Reebok shoes. It puts pressure on the road rash down towards the ankle. Damn things is throbing as I type. You should be back pretty quick with your surgery. Just don't push it. Be patient. | ||
| Reepicheep |
I'm over 40, so the outcome of the donor tissue is at least as good as that of the pateller tendon, and healing is much easier. Work the physical therapy hard, and do what they say. I did and had a remarkable recovery. |
