ACL and meniscus surgery VLOG | week 1 

Thanks so much for your nice comment! Really glad the videos were helpful and could give you a laugh :). Best of luck in your recovery!

Wow, that's awesome! Glad you don't have to deal with the pain. Best of luck in the rest of your recovery!

@@megmed2860 I’ve VERY surprised it’s going good enough as it is haha and thank you!

I know exactly what you mean--hang in there! It gets so much better as the weeks go on :)

I'm glad the videos have been helpful and I'm so sorry you're going through so much pain :( it does get better, just hang in there! Best of luck in your recovery and in your journey to CRNA school!

Best of luck in your surgery and recovery! Don't let it scare you, you can do this!

I'm so glad the videos have helped! Good luck with your surgery and recovery :)

@@megmed2860 the surgery went well. I already started walking small steps at pt. without crutches.

That is great to hear!! Glad you got through it, that gives me hope :) Thank you!!

Thanks for sharing your experience! I'm glad you're recovering well!!

@MaryettaGraves I had my acl and meniscus surgery on Thursday, OMG the pain is horrible 😫. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to be walking because the knee is still not stable and I have throbbing pain. Thank you for ur vids it's helpful

I'm so sorry to hear you're in a lot of pain :( It might be useful to double check with your doctor about walking if you had a meniscus repair as well, because I wasn't allowed to walk for 6 weeks after my surgery since I had a meniscus repair (and my knee felt very unstable and painful as well). I hope the pain gets better, hang in there!!@@emmabiascochea6226

I'm so sorry to hear that :( I remember a lot of days I had like that early on, but I promise it does get better with time! If you are really worried about the pain etc I would encourage you to reach out to your doctor to check if all seems to be ok. Hang in there!

@@megmed2860 thank you for your videos and kind words. You really do help a lot of us out here.

I know, it’s so crazy how different it is for everyone! Hang in there, the pain does get better eventually. Patience has been the biggest challenge for me in this process. Best of luck in your healing!

@@_.Abdullah._ oh no I’m so sorry that happened, I had the same happen to me! So much pain!! I hope the pain is more under control for you now. Hang in there, it gets a lot better! Best of luck!

I believe I started PT about a week after my surgery. My doctor said I could've theoretically started the day or two after surgery but I was in too much pain. I think it's different depending on the type of surgery/doctor preference!

Ugh I'm sorry, that's already a stressful time with the MCAT and I'm sure the stress/anxiety of surgery makes it overwhelming. I would definitely recommend pushing the test back if you don't think you'll be ready--way better to wait than to have to retake! On the bright side, once you get past the initial pain of surgery you will have plenty of time for MCAT studying to take your mind off your knee while you're non-weight bearing! I found that having my work for med school helped me stay occupied and not focus on my lack of physical activity. Best of luck to you!

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Hi! I had a radial tear in my lateral meniscus. I'm doing well--I am making another update video soon so stay tuned!

It was an outpatient surgery so usually they just keep you in the recovery/post-op room after surgery until you wake up from anesthesia and then you're good to leave! (They require you to have someone come pick you up since you can't safely get yourself home after the surgery). I think this usually takes around an hour or so. It took a little longer for me because I woke up and was in a lot of pain because my nerve block didn't work, so they gave me more pain meds and told me to sleep for longer in the recovery room. Best of luck with your surgery and recovery!

@@megmed2860 Thank you very much. :) I'm definitely gonna use your videos as a guide throughout the whole process haha

Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that! I walked with crutches after I fist injured it and did some PT to get back to normal walking before going in for surgery to repair it. After surgery I couldn't walk for about 7 weeks since I had my meniscus repaired as well. It's very tough but you will make progress eventually! Stick with it and best of luck!

@@megmed2860 thank you so much! I also have a grade 2 sprain in my mcl and grade 1 in my pcl and other minor injuries that will heal over time! So far everyday it gets easier but I have no stability in my knee and easily shifts if I try to walk! I’m able to “somewhat walk with crutches or a walker. But as of today I was cleared for pre-hab to go into surgery! Then do it all over again after surgery! My ortho surgeon looked at my mri scans and so far my meniscus seems perfectly ok but wouldn’t know till she gets in there. Let’s hope for the best!

@@megmed2860 watching your videos of your journey really helps me of what is to come in the future! So thank you!

@@megmed2860 update! I just got my surgery today! I had two miniscius tears! One will heal on its own and the other they had to stitch and of course they did the patella acl reconstruction! I don’t feel my leg at all Becsuse if the nerve blockers but I’m doing ok! I’m currently rewatching your videos haha!

For 6 weeks!

This is something I actually went back and forth about. I was not going to have the LET until the day of surgery when I asked last minute if they could add it on! I was told by the surgeon that it was something that could give the new ACL extra stabilization from "twisting forces" and prevent re-tear if I wanted to return to more intense activity. I originally told him I didn't need it, as I figured my adult soccer career was over anyways (lol), but when I thought more about it, I would like the option of doing some more cutting/pivoting sports like tennis, pickleball, etc without worrying as much about my knee. I think the LET is more common with the hamstring graft since that graft seems to be a bit weaker than the quad graft, but in my mind it was just an added piece of stabilization that would protect me from re-tearing the new ACL. With all that being said I do think the added procedure of the LET made my recovery a bit more intense/prolonged because it was a lot to do to that one area in one surgery! I would be really interested to hear why one surgeon advised against it for your daughter? My surgeon made it seem like younger patients especially would benefit from it since they are more likely to return to more intense sports/activities.

@@megmed2860 My daughter plays club soccer and that extra stabilization is why we're having a hard time deciding one way or the other. The ortho that advised against it said that ACL reconstruction is rebuilding something that was already there while LET is introducing an unnatural force to the knee. He does add LET in some patients but didn't think my daughter's knee required the extra support. I think we're in that in between time where more LET is being done and the results are positive, but we don't have enough numbers and long term data to make it a standard of care. I would lean toward getting it for myself, but my daughter is still young and it's hard to know what the right decision is for her when she'll have to live with that decision for the next 60 years.

Yes such a hard call, as you said there isn't enough data to make a truly informed decision. I was trying to research it before my surgery and had a hard time coming up with any good information one way or the other. I wish I was further out to be able to tell you my experience with it long term! Overall, in my opinion, while you are rebuilding something that was already there, it will never be the same as the native ACL, which is why I leaned toward the LET for extra stabilization. Then again, data from quad tendon that has been published points to it being a very strong graft choice so it could be totally fine without the LET as well. I'm not sure if you've seen the ACL thread on reddit yet, but there's a lot of helpful info from people who have experienced this first hand and talk about their long term outcomes. I usually just google things like "LET stabilization ACL reddit" and some good threads come up. Best of luck to your daughter in this process! Let me know if you have any other questions, more than happy to answer! @@pharmbert

I had the LET with my ACLR quad autograft. It is a lot of scar tissue - this is my second reconstruction on knee. Previous surgery was hamstring and overstretched, which caused the retear.

​@pharmbert , my daughter (level 9 on gymnastic) is also 15yrs, and will have the same ACL reconstruction with quad tendon as the graft. Might I ask if your daughter did the LET? If she did, how is she doing now? My daughter will have her 1st surgery in 6 days. Thank you.

I was under general anesthesia!

@@megmed2860 full sedation under the surgery.

@@megmed2860 how was the pain after surgery it's. Bearable or not?

@@tausifattar6273 For me it was pretty painful because the nerve block that I got before surgery didn't seem to work very well and I had pain right away when I woke up. However, it varies a lot for different people and I have heard of some people who have very minimal pain! So don't let my experience scare you, and even with the pain, I got through it!