Ain't nuthin' but a knee thang

Well, after  a couple of incidents of instability this winter, I gave in and went to the orthopaedic surgeon and had him take a looksee at my knee. It took him all of about 3 seconds to realize that sometime, somewhere I had lost my ACL. So, this morning I went in and had a new one put in. They used a cadaver ligament and did a double bundle, which means that if all goes well I should be back and better than ever. I had asked if I could choose the donor, but they said no. I figured I would find some big, brawny high school kid, whack him and take his ligament, but I figured rehab in the joint wouldn't be that fun.

So now I am on the road to recovery, which apparently starts with a bunch of pharmaceuticals. There's the Oxycontin, Oxycodone, Celebrex and Hydroxyzine. They also have me on a funky, little machine that moves my knee up and down. All in all, it should be quite an interesting few days.

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