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I'd kinda go by feel and talk to your doctor and therapist about it.  I do dictation for PT's and orthopedic md's and I've seen a few come back a year down the road and have to repeat the surgery...not something you want to have happen.  I was once described by a friend who was an orthopedic nurse (this was 25 years ago or so) as 'an orthopedic doctor's dream', lol...I've creaked and popped like the wicked step sisters since I was a teenager...well, those ortho's dreams are coming true little by little, I've had my 4th arthroscopy this summer.  I hope your surgery is a success and recovery is relatively pain free and short.

Suzi.

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From: Dean A. Conti

To: RideCamp ; Bruce Weary DC

Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 7:01 PM

Subject: [RC] ACL surgery

Two and a half 50 mile rides ago I re-injured my knee that I initially hurt 2 years ago while skiing. I went to the doc THIS time and I am now scheduled for arthroscopic ACL surgery on Dec 6^th. The main problem is the doc thinks I need to stay off horses for 6 MONTHS! ACK! We?re using cadaver replacement tissue to minimize the impact so this layoff seems too cautious. Are there any opinions, anecdotal or personal stories or spare knees out there?

 

Dean (who can?t find the darn warrenty card)