It's really not as bad as it sounds. Yesterday, my orthopaedist told me that I needed to go ahead and have arthroscopic surgery on my knee. The official term is, arthroscopic meniscectomy. Sounds fancy, huh! Anyway, he had wanted me to baby it and try to stay off of it and that turned out to not be conducive to my lifestyle (chasing after 3 kids upstairs and downstairs during most nights and weekends, teaching all day during the week, oh yeah, and trying to help out a struggling basketball team). So, my knee has improved some over the last month but not enough. The nice thing is that I can do it on my own time. We're going to wait until after basketball season is done. I'll go in on a Friday and be back to work on Monday. He also said I should be back to full, regular activity (not necessarily running) within a week. So, I guess I can live with that.
As far as basketball, our girls lost a couple of close ones last week. That brings our varsity's record to 1-9. We weren't outplayed, simply outcoached. What's more disappointing than the losses, especially the one on Friday, is to have to listen to the coach put the blame all on the players. It's a hard pill to swallow for me and I'm sure it is for them, too. It's not all their fault. They played their hearts out. Unfortunately, the team we play Friday, just beat a team we lost to last week. Wait, they didn't beat them, they pummeled them by 50 points. These girls of ours have some surprises but it's not looking good this week.
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Oh I feel discouraged for the girls too! Win as a team lose as a team and the team doesn't stop with players but includes coaches too. Hang in there and I am praying for the opportunity for you to bring your insight and wisdom to a team and program that needs it.
Good luck on the surgery - and if they will let you stay awake for it to watch you should really consider it. Easier recovery and it made all the difference for Brandon and his comprehension of what was happening to his knee and how best to take care of it post-op. Sure you can listen to your doctor but for him, over time, those instructions don't seem as real or relevant as his desire and feeling able to run RUN RUN. But after seeing the "ectomy" his second time around he had a clear image of damage done and what was left. It was eye opening and easier for him to want and understand how to protect his miniscus going forward.
I hope this didn't sound preachy. We just finished our fourth orthopedic surgery and its been the toughest yet. I want to spare you a repeat trip if at all possible :).
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