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Re: re: quick decision

Posted By: Don
Date: Thursday, 24 April 2008, at 2:35 a.m.

In Response To: re: quick decision (pranita)

> on 2/11 my acl, mcl, and meniscus were torn when an auto
> hit me in my school's parking lot. i'm in the workman's
> comp system so i am at their mercy. found a doctor who i
> like who recommended patella tendon autograft. however, i
> did tons of reading (thanx knee library) and decided on an
> allograft which was also okay by the doctor. however this
> doctor does low volume allografts so he cannot get access
> to one for me at this time. my choice is to delay the
> surgery indefinitely to wait for the allograft, try to
> convince the workman's comp people to let me go back to the
> doctor i had seen originally who seems to have better
> access to allografts, or just resign myself to the
> autograft. i was trying to spare myself additional
> pain/recovery time b/c i've had many health issues in the
> last few years and many recent articles show that
> allografts are just as good especially if non-irradiated.
> also, the original doctor doesn't seem to be a knee guy per
> se and i feel more comfortable with my current doctor. how
> bad is the rehab post patellar tendon autograft? how long
> is the intense pain and is there lingering pain for a long
> time?

Three of my co workers also tore their ACL with in the same week as me. They all had cadaver, I had Patellar . Guess who is running 2 miles and guess who can't run 1 minute on treadmill with out Severe pain ? Once they cut your knee cap out it's gone. Retear your cadaver, get another one. You will read lot's of stories on here about these miraculus recoverys, I would take that with a grain of salt.

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