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Re: What happened to this site? -- A stroll down memory lane...
Posted By: Michael Frind
Date: Sunday, 14 February 2010, at 1:52 a.m.
In Response To: Re: What happened to this site? (OLarryR)
Dear Larry and Nancy,
It's great to see that both of you are still "lurking" in the background. Denise and Nat are two others whom I remember well too. It's good to hear from all of you again!
Speaking of how the Kneeboard has aged, one more thought comes to mind: the Kneeboard Photo Album. Back when it was first set up, in about 2000, the Photo Album was a relatively novel idea. That era was the time when posting photos online (an idea that coincided with the arrival of consumer flatbed scanners and the advent of affordable digital cameras) became popular. The Kneeboard Photo Album grew rapidly, but after a while, it stagnated. The rise of social-network sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, probably explains some of this, given that these sites enable people to post their own photo albums as part of their pages.
I took a moment to flip through the photos of myself that I had posted in the Kneeboard Photo Album. It really was a stroll down memory lane. There were photos of me hiking, canoeing, playing basketball, and jumping across rivers. I still do all these things, but what struck me first was how long I had my hair at the time. My partial ligament tears are still the same as before, and I still wear my two CTi2 knee braces a lot. But I now keep my hair shorter, especially after finding grey hairs!
Next month, the Kneeboard celebrates its 14th anniversary. Over that time, the Internet itself (as I noted in my previous posting) has changed far more than the realm of knee injuries. For example, ACL reconstructions and meniscal repairs are much the same now as they were then. Ancillary aspects, such as rehabilitation protocols and knee-brace designs, are also very similar to what they were then. But the future holds a lot of potentially promising new technologies, such as the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and other treatments that might enable more rapid healing of a sutured meniscus or perhaps faster ligamentization of an ACL graft. And, maybe in the future there will be a convenient way to quickly and easily reverse articular-cartilage damage.
No doubt about it -- any knee-ligament injury is a major concern, and any knee surgery is major surgery. Whether knee injury or knee surgery, there are major pain, major rehabilitation, and major aftereffects to contend with. It's wonderful to be able to discuss all these things with other people who are going through the same thing. That's why this forum is so valuable, and that's why a number of people have been involved for so long.
Yours truly,
Michael Frind.
Knee Library http://factotem.org/library
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