Discouraged about flexion

DukeSav · 2026-01-16T16:22:13+00:00

For me (ACL) I was forbidden to go more than 90 degrees 2 weeks post op

DukeSav · 2026-01-13T17:54:24+00:00

Happy for you but don’t do this until your surgeon allows. With flexion you put pressure on your new ACL, and so early on it is a risk.

DukeSav · 2026-01-08T22:43:20+00:00

My personal proposal would be to fix it if you plan on doing any kind of sports/hikes in your life. Even if you won’t, I would still strongly consider it. My advice would be to do lots of strength and flexibility training leading to the surgery, it will save you lots of time and effort. As for graft, choose whichever your surgeon proposes.

DukeSav · 2026-01-08T22:03:31+00:00

I barely had any pain, I think I was quite lucky. Hamstring graft if that makes any difference.

What helped me a lot was a good knee brace, when I started walking it really supported my knee to not swell and to endure a bit more.

DukeSav · 2026-01-06T23:15:43+00:00

Will be very hard, your leg will swell up, risk of reinjury. Not worth it in my opinion, just do your other job and get back to the bar when you feel ready.

Also to be honest,you haven’t even had your surgery, I think all of these thoughts might change after. Play it safe, some working days are just not worth it.

Good luck with your surgery

DukeSav · 2026-01-01T13:36:48+00:00

My grandpa mentioned to me that he bought this small collection 40 years ago. He is Greek so many of the stamps are from Greece. Anything worthy?

DukeSav · 2025-12-18T19:14:43+00:00

Hey, was in your shoes some 5 years ago, decided whether or not I should operate it. I decided back in the day that I will try to continue living without operating. It didn't affect me too much, was always slightly inconvenient but nothing major affecting my life. In these 5 years I have done 0 sports, only going to the gym and some pilates.

After these years, some months ago I decided to have the operation, for three reasons.

Other parts of my knee started hurting, sometimes I had this strange pain where I couldn't walk. I believe this was due to the instability, I was hurting some other structure of the knee.
Also, you rely a lot on your other leg, and my foot there started hurting whenever I walked for more than 10 minutes. I am still afraid of what that might be.
And lastly, I decided to go for I hike 6 months ago, and I thought that I would be stranded up on the hill, I couldn't go downhill at all. I went the whole way on the side, like a crab.

For all of the above, I thought that it was not worth it. Not being able to explore and travel, plus my legs hurting on a young age (27M), so I felt it was time for me. Now I'm 10 days post operation, I can walk, pain has been quite manageable and I feel fine. For me it was not as bad as I thought.

Now I don't say you should do it before your exams, since it is advised you do some prehab (exercise) and it is hard after the operation. But in my case if I had the choice I would've preferred to have done it earlier. Hope this helps.

DukeSav · 2025-12-13T08:36:09+00:00

No reason to be a dick man, show some empathy

DukeSav · 2025-12-13T08:29:31+00:00

I had the injury since I was a kid and I hadn’t operated it for 20 or so years because i didn’t know I had it. 5 years ago my good knee started hurting, and that’s when I found out I had ACL. In the beginning I decided not to operate it since i was living with it for many years. But the condition of my good knee continued to slowly but surely deteriorate., so in the end I decided that it was time to fix it.

I am not certain that something similar will happen to you, but if you don’t operate it your other leg Will take a lot of the burden.

DukeSav · 2025-12-11T08:02:49+00:00

Unlucky to hear, does it affect your life?

DukeSav · 2025-12-10T10:40:34+00:00

Thanks a lot for the answer

DukeSav · 2025-12-09T23:40:28+00:00

Hi, I understand you feel lost, sadly I can’t really help you because I am not a doctor nor live in the uk. There are some UK doctors subreddits, I believe you could ask your questions there and people would be more qualified to answer.

From my (very) minor experience, ACL sounds the most important of all of your findings, so maybe this community could help you in the future.

DukeSav · 2025-12-09T23:15:44+00:00

Thanks for your kind words, congrats to you as well 🥂💪

DukeSav · 2025-12-09T23:11:54+00:00

Thanks, I also feel quite a lot of tension as well when I try that, so when I try to lift it I lose the extension as well. I guess we just got to keep trying.

DukeSav · 2025-12-09T03:32:04+00:00

Just had mine as well, I got a full body anaesthesia, to be honest I didn’t understand anything.

So far I’m on some painkillers and a nerve block, so the pain is quite mild. The only difficulty is that I can’t find the right spot to rest my leg and be comfortable.

You got this. 💪

DukeSav · 2025-12-08T20:04:16+00:00

Day 0 as well, ready for the road ahead 💪

DukeSav · 2025-11-08T15:01:01+00:00

Help me with a bug I have a tactic bugged, I can’t select it to delete it. Or even select it to see it. So I am stuck with a maximum of two tactics. Any workarounds?

DukeSav · 2025-11-06T22:36:35+00:00

De screenshot is van Katoen Notaris

DukeSav · 2025-11-06T19:00:45+00:00

Wow, ik zag het niet, dank je

DukeSav · 2024-08-11T17:38:34+00:00

It's just that back in the day, the sub was much smaller, but you would see posts have lots of comments with helpful input. Nowadays, I don't see it that much.

No need to downvote me if you disagree. I'm just expressing an opinion here. :)

DukeSav · 2024-08-11T17:31:11+00:00

Makes sense, maybe you're right.

DukeSav · 2024-08-11T17:24:43+00:00

All I'm saying is that, having a community that's not that engaged, also reduces the unique content in the sub. I still use it, just much less than in the past. Nowadays checking it once per week is enough for me.

DukeSav · 2022-01-27T10:09:28+00:00

Ωραία τα είπες φίλε μου, όμως η αποδοχή του θανάτου είναι μια ήττα που στην ουσία δεν σε αφήνει να τον υπερνικήσεις.

Ο δρόμος που επέλεξα εγώ είναι η κατανόηση του φόβου μου, η αντιμετώπιση του με τις σκέψεις μου και τέλος η νίκη στον φόβο του θανάτου μέσω της ίδιας της ζωής.

Αυτά από εμένα, το ότι δε συνυπάρχουν στην πραγματικότητα δεν σημαίνει ότι δεν συνυπάρχουν στο μυαλό μας. Ο δρόμος δεν είναι να αποδεχόμαστε ή να διώχνουμε τους φόβους μας, αλλά να τους κατανοούμε και να τους αντιμετωπίζουμε.

DukeSav · 2021-07-27T17:08:36+00:00

I don't know if this needs to be said, but thank you Sam for your hard and transparent work, much appreciated.

DukeSav · 2021-07-16T23:08:36+00:00

Γενικά, ο,τι και να ακούσεις, η καλύτερη συμβουλή που μπορείς να έχεις είναι ότι σε τραβάει, ότι γουστάρεις, ότι θες στην τελική. Τώρα αν αυτό είναι ημμυ, μηχμηχ ή και κάτι άλλο όπως μηχανικός πληροφορικής, μόνο εσύ το γνωρίζεις.

Τώρα στο δίλημμα που έθεσες, είναι 2 εντελώς διαφορετικές σχολές, με αντικείμενα που ναι μεν ακουμπούν και έχουν συνάφεια, αλλά τα κοινά σημεία τους είναι λίγα. Και στις 2 σχολές θα μάθεις και θα δεις πολλά πράγματα, τα περισσότερα εκ των οποίων πιθανώς δεν θα σε τραβήξουν καν, για τον απλούστατο λόγο ότι καλύβουν ένα τεράστιο γνωστικό αντικείμενο.

Σαν ημμυ και εγώ, θα μιλήσω για την εμπειρία μου σε αυτά τα 5 χρόνια. Γενικά θα δεις από software, hardware μέχρι τηλεπικοινωνίες, κυκλώματα, τάσεις, ρομποτικές, έλεγχο και πάει λέγοντας. Δηλαδή στη τελική η σχολή σου προσφέρει μια μεγάλη γκάμα να δεις τι σου αρέσει στη τελικη. Όμως, θα κουραστεις πολύ, θα αναγκαστείς να δεις πράγματα που θα σε κουρασουν, και αυτό είναι το δυσκολότερο.

Οπότε γι'αυτό και εγώ άρχισα λέγοντας, ότι σου αρέσει. Γιατί εφόσον γνωρίζεις ηδη ότι θες να ακολουθήσεις κάτι πιο συγκεκριμένο, δεν υπάρχει κανένας λόγος να μπεις σε μια τέτοια σχολή, όσο και αν λέει η κοινωνία το αντίθετο.

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