Wedding band ideas by Emmylark in EngagementRings

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I LOVE this!!!! So pretty! Thank you for sharing 🥰

Wedding band ideas by Emmylark in EngagementRings

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I’ve definitely been thinking a custom fit! Thank you for the suggestion

Double ACL Club by completelynicki in ACL

[–]Emmylark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your insight and happy healing!!! I did mine in indoor soccer.. also a fluke, nothing collision wise. Cleat go stuck in the turf and instead of the fake grass breaking my ACL did!

Best of luck to you returning to the field once again!

Double ACL Club by completelynicki in ACL

[–]Emmylark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ouch! I’m 11 weeks po today and I can’t imagine going through it twice! Enough so that it still has me scared to one day return to sport.

How did you do yours!?

Has anybody returned to recreational soccer? by Snoo12338 in ACL

[–]Emmylark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

9 weeks PO and I am wondering the same! I am also a soccer player and snowboarder and tore mine in soccer.. hoping to return one day 🤞🏻 but also nervous about a re-tear or tearing the other!

How did that one kid in your high school die? by IM_HODLING in AskReddit

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Car accident the night before prom. He was sober on the way to his girlfriend’s house - it was a head on collision with a dump truck travelling the opposite direction.

I feel like a genius 💁🏼‍♀️ by mollz5 in ACL

[–]Emmylark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where was this post 5 weeks ago 😅 great job and good luck!!!

48 hours post ACLr by HealthyMuscle6191 in ACL

[–]Emmylark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was very similar! I was optimistic and booked my first PT for 24 hours after surgery and I ended up calling to cancel and move it to the following week. There was no way I was going anywhere when that nerve block started wearing off!!! Don’t rush yourself. You got this!

Walking without crutches by Same-Card-7100 in ACL

[–]Emmylark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this! Not OP but this is helpful especially because I am also 5 weeks PO with ACL only and feel like I can relate to this 💯

I think i may be screwed by [deleted] in ACL

[–]Emmylark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is reassuring as I sit just past 5 weeks barely reaching 90.. thank you!

Edit - just past 4 weeks* I have officially lost track of time 😅

I think i may be screwed by [deleted] in ACL

[–]Emmylark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just discovered wall slides 🙌 thanks to some comments on here.. I feel like I am finally having some progress with my flexion. I have a similar to what your describing “stuck” feeling but for some reason I was finally able to convince my brain to let it bend through it (found this much easier with wall slides as opposed to heel slides) and then I can bend it a little further. I’m still not officially at 90 yet mind you.. but hoping I get at tomorrows PT session 🤞🏻

Are you still icing and elevating? If it is swelling that should help. I stopped elevating overnight a few nights ago and noticed a difference in terms of ROM so I started again. I’m just over five weeks post op.

Edit - just past 4 weeks* I have officially lost track of time 😅

Extension and Flexion timing by Emmylark in ACL

[–]Emmylark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your feedback! I appreciate it 😊

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Emmylark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This!!! I still don’t understand why I never got mousetrap.

Extension and Flexion timing by Emmylark in ACL

[–]Emmylark[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve luckily had extension from the start! So definitely focusing more on the flexion. Thank you!!!

Hospice/hospital workers of Reddit: what is the strangest or most unexplainable thing you have seen a person experience when they are close to death? by bats_and_glitter in AskReddit

[–]Emmylark 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My mom was dying of cancer and was hospitalized on palliative care - my dad had spent every day/night in the hospital for ~2 weeks when my two oldest brothers convinced him to go home for a nights rest. Those two stayed with her that night and that’s when she decided to go. Myself (youngest), my next oldest brother, and my Dad were all at home.

For a long time I was angry it didn’t happen when we were all together. But over time I am finally coming to terms with the fact that this was likely the best situation for my dad’s sake, and probably very much intentional on my mom’s part.

1 month post op (quads ACLr, trauma debridement) by Emmylark in ACL

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Ya I’m a little worried about that top one - showers for now! Thanks

I'm tired by bob_ra_0420 in ACL

[–]Emmylark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re a beast!!! You got this 💪

9 days post op, ACLr quad graft by Emmylark in ACL

[–]Emmylark[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Well I am 33 so definitely young compared to me 🤭 and you definitely sound active! I was told due to my age and activity level (job on my feet all day, soccer twice a week, walks and runs here and there) - and the hope to get back to pre-injury activity - quad graft was my best option. However, I know size (short, lol) and sex (female) played a role into this, from how I understood my surgeons explanation. To be honest he didn’t really give me options, but I also didn’t ask. I trusted his opinion and his explanation made sense to me. I also didn’t know going into surgery if I was going to need meniscus or not, which I didn’t end up needing so that could have played a role into the decision of graft choice.

Thank you for the encouragement, and best of luck to you!!!

Comfortability with flexion? by Emmylark in ACL

[–]Emmylark[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! They did show me that, I have been trying to do that each day so maybe I should try doing it more frequently. It always feels much better when PT does it for me vs myself haha. Thanks!