Tag Archives: ACL

Back on the H-O-R-S-E

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Andrew Sacks

It’s no secret that I love to play sports. I’ve been playing one sport or another year-round since I was about 8 years old. Baseball, basketball, football, soccer, badminton, whatever; if it involves a winner and a loser separated by … Continue reading →

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Week 4: Bend it like Beckham

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Andrew Sacks

So today is the 4 week anniversary of my knee being sliced open and stuffed full of a dead guy’s body parts, which means that I get to do new stuff in physical therapy. This is good because I was … Continue reading →

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What Does 100% Feel Like?

Posted on June 22, 2010 by Andrew Sacks

I was talking to a friend of mine at work today when the conversation inevitably turned to my knee surgery and my quest to become athletic once again. He asked me if I would “ever be 100% again”, and I … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Left-Footed Driving

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Andrew Sacks

On a whim, I decided to try to drive myself to PT yesterday. I figured that if I could bend my knee far enough to get into the driver’s seat I should be just fine to drive, since operating the … Continue reading →

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Want To Make Some New Friends? Have Yourself Some Surgery

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Andrew Sacks

As of today I am 2 weeks and 2 days removed from surgery, and I don’t think things could be going much better than they are. My leg strength is coming back at an alarming rate, I’m regaining range of … Continue reading →

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My Immobilizer Brace and Me

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Andrew Sacks

Borderline personality disorder is a psychological condition which causes people to have intense, unstable relationships with others in which they swing wildly from love to hate and back again. BPD is best encapsulated by the phrase “I hate you, don’t … Continue reading →

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Week 1: Percocet, Sleep, and Constipation

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Andrew Sacks

I was going to watch a movie tonight, but Netflix is letting me down in a big way. I spent about 20 minutes scrolling through several pages of masterpieces such as Kazaam, House Party 3, something called “Transmorphers”, and this: … Continue reading →

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What the Hell Happened to Me

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Andrew Sacks

Among athletes, a torn ACL is not an exceptionally rare occurrence. I have several friends who have had reconstructive ACL surgery and the majority have been fine afterwards. However, my situation is a little more complicated, involving 3 separate incidents … Continue reading →

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What’s All This, Then?

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Andrew Sacks

The purpose of this blog is threefold: 1. To keep family and friends updated on my progress as I rehabilitate my recently-surgered knee. Since I had ACL/PCL reconstructive surgery last week, I’ve been inundated with knee-related questions from said family and … Continue reading →

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