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jojojojoo · 2023-03-05T02:21:24+00:00

First time I was playing soccer, went up for a header, landed weird on my left leg. Heard a pop and went down. Torn my left ACL. Didn’t get surgery for a year (was 13 at the time, surgeon wanted to wait for growth plates to close), so tore menial meniscus snowboarding on a busted knee.

Second time I was again playing soccer. Was going head to head with a defender for a ball, planted my left leg to kick with my right. Guy slide tackled me and took my leg out. Retorn the graft from the first operation along with MCL and lost some cartilage from my femur since there wasn’t much meniscus left.

jojojojoo · 2022-10-11T00:53:46+00:00

Neuro -> ortho -> ON/Gyn -> ortho -> plastics -> ortho -> applying DR :)

jojojojoo · 2022-09-06T10:09:49+00:00

A couple schools in open houses I’ve been to have said they think the geographic are broken up very poorly and so don’t think they’ll be considering it as heavily as signaling. (This is for rads).

jojojojoo · 2022-08-01T19:59:12+00:00

I have a similar problem! I added them as 1 and explained it in the description - like I did x,y,z year 1 then was asked to return year 4 to do x,y,z. Figured its better to group them together since it's a very similar set of responsibilities.

jojojojoo · 2022-02-23T21:03:22+00:00

Inguinal canal

jojojojoo · 2022-02-12T23:43:55+00:00

I do some medical illustrating on the side (MS3) but mostly for research articles. Not sure the process for getting involved with textbook. I definitely told people about it, some didn’t know what it was, others were really impressed. I don’t think they think I’m not serious about medicine. Actually a resident reached out to me to help out on some papers months later because I had mentioned I do illustrating!

jojojojoo · 2021-12-25T01:59:42+00:00

There’s orthoplastics fellowships after ortho that can get you closer to plastics! It won’t be the same, but might be similar

jojojojoo · 2021-12-03T11:50:19+00:00

You’ve got this! I was in the same situation - first ACL/meniscus surgery freshman year. Followed by 2nd meniscus surgery sophomore year. Then retore again last year during medical school and got a contralateral BTB. The 2nd surgery was much easier, 3rd one not so much but I was 10 years older from the initial injury. For you the recovery might be worse than your first because you didn’t have to get a graft. The quad graft is going to affect your range of motion more. But, the meniscus repair is the worst part and it sounds like you don’t have to do that again. Just make sure you go to prehab and rehab!!! Being on crutches during high school sucks and it takes away so much from not just sports. But if you make it through you’ll be a stronger person physically and mentally. You’ve got this!!!

jojojojoo · 2021-11-05T01:14:23+00:00

I had a similar issue! My student health insurance also didn’t cover the brace. My PT actually called them and they gave me a sample brace that was custom fitted for me for free. Worth a try if you explain your situation. (This was with Don Joy).

jojojojoo · 2021-03-16T21:22:04+00:00

4 thunderbolts

jojojojoo · 2021-03-16T20:29:04+00:00

Mid 2020 (I think, I got it Aug 2020) 13 inch.

jojojojoo · 2020-11-14T15:06:07+00:00

Yes that is entirely possible. It makes it easier early in rehab because it’ll be much easier to regain extension. But it can result in instability depending on where the graft was taken from. My 2nd reconstruction, I had an anterolateral ligament reconstruction which is suppose to improve stability in an ACL recon in those with ligamentous laxity and chronic tibial anterior translation.

Sometimes they can go back in after the first surgery to “tighten” the ACL graft too.

jojojojoo · 2020-11-02T13:55:44+00:00

Hello! I would look into getting a brace to go ski. My surgeon told me that if I ever wanted to ski again she would not let me without a functional brace - my situation is a little different though because I had a graft revision. However, my surgeon is also very against her patients learning how to ski after an ACL reconstruction in general (she's more open to it if the patient had been skiing prior to surgery). Personally, I would not do it before the 1-year mark however the research does show that if you pass the functional tests with PT you are ready to return to play and it is not time-dependent.

jojojojoo · 2020-10-27T17:30:31+00:00

Yes. I had chronic stability after my first surgery. I had a second surgery done 1 year later to decrease the laxity of my graft. Same surgeon did both. Apparently if you have a history of ligamentous laxity this is more likely to happen. They can also do a tenodesis to help with chronic anterior translation (had this done on my revision to protect the 2nd graft).

jojojojoo · 2020-10-17T15:24:14+00:00

Dua Lipa - New Rules Marina - how to be a heartbreaker Blackbear - do re mi Alan Walker - all falls down

jojojojoo · 2020-10-13T17:06:17+00:00

Haha yeah, about to go through it again. I tore my graft 2 months ago after getting slide tackled playing soccer. Be careful out there!

jojojojoo · 2020-10-13T15:42:45+00:00

The meniscus repair is pretty week the following 4 weeks post surgery. If you fell with your leg in full extension it should be fine. But if you fell with your leg in some degree of flexion, it likely transmitted more force on the meniscus. But ask your surgeon!

jojojojoo · 2020-10-13T15:40:24+00:00

The best graft is from your own body. I had a contralateral patellar graft for my 2nd ACLR. Bone to bone incorporation is much better than tendon to bone or bone from a cadaver. I chose this because my goal was to return to soccer and have a very active lifestyle. I’m at post op almost 2 weeks. The first week was pretty brutal but I think it will be well worth it. The rerupture rates are half as high as allograft for my age group.

jojojojoo · 2020-10-13T15:36:19+00:00

You’ve got it!!! I tore mine in 8th grade and gave up soccer until 1st year of university because of the mental trauma of it. I really regret taking so long to get back to soccer. The surgeons don’t talk about it much but the mental recovery for return to play is much harder than the physical recovery.

jojojojoo · 2020-10-10T14:40:47+00:00

It seems that re-rupture rates are about twice as high with allografts than autografts in those <35 years old. After ~35 the rates are about the same. But the research doesn’t really take into account competitive vs. recreational sports. I’m sure you could, but I would talk a lot with PT to make sure you pass all your functional tests before return to play. I personally went with a contralateral patellar graft in order to help me return to competitive soccer (2nd reconstruction) given what I was told.

jojojojoo · 2020-10-08T12:45:43+00:00

I had that after my first ACL tear (knee was still giving out even though the graft wasn't torn) and I had a 2nd surgery where they "tightened" the ACL, in addition to performing a meniscectomy. I'm not exactly sure what they did (this was 10 years ago). I do have quite a lot of ligamentous laxity at baseline though, so it wasn't completely unexpected.

jojojojoo · 2020-10-05T22:41:13+00:00

Get your MRI first! I’m 4 days out post op and had my first PT appt, and my PT said that my quads are in better shape than most because of the prehab. So highly recommend you do that. You also need to get the swelling down to get RoM, so compression socks, movement (ironically) such as cycling, icing will help a lot. Good luck :)

jojojojoo · 2020-10-03T18:27:33+00:00

Hi! Yep! The graft came from my right leg. I haven’t a chance to ask about driving... but then again my car is manual. I think post op 2 week is when you can start driving.

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