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Back on August 20 I got together with Justin, Brian and Norman from the BBTC for the "guys only" ride-loop on Kachess Ridge. Coming down from the ridge I managed to commit one of the "sins" of unsafe riding. While coming down on my HT I managed to fall from the singletrack onto the downhill side. I stuck my right leg out thinking I would get it down before I went over. I did get it down but once planted I continued to fall which pretty well wrecked my knee. I decided to wait a couple of months to see if it would get better which it did without seeing a doc. Still it wasnt in good shape so I finally went in. The x-rays didnt show anything so Doc decided to go straight to an arthropscopy.
Yesterday the knee was scoped and to the surprise of the Doc I has a torn ACL and a couple of other things that were torn. Doc said it was pretty messed up and fixed everthing except the ACL which if its fixed will mean another trip.
Can you ride with a messed up knee? I did two races and the Mt Baker Hill Climb. Although over the last four months I pretty much stayed on stuff where the chance of falling were slim. I definitely couldnt run and although I never tried it, hiking more than a couple of miles would have been a problem.
Doc said I would be able to ride pretty quick but right now I decided to count the painkiller pills and have been wondering if they will outlast the pain? For some reasons the Doc likes to make sure you run out of pills before the pain subsides. And of course the pill run out on the weekend when you wont be able to get a refill.
Yesterday the knee was scoped and to the surprise of the Doc I has a torn ACL and a couple of other things that were torn. Doc said it was pretty messed up and fixed everthing except the ACL which if its fixed will mean another trip.
Can you ride with a messed up knee? I did two races and the Mt Baker Hill Climb. Although over the last four months I pretty much stayed on stuff where the chance of falling were slim. I definitely couldnt run and although I never tried it, hiking more than a couple of miles would have been a problem.
Doc said I would be able to ride pretty quick but right now I decided to count the painkiller pills and have been wondering if they will outlast the pain? For some reasons the Doc likes to make sure you run out of pills before the pain subsides. And of course the pill run out on the weekend when you wont be able to get a refill.