So I was up early one morning, while down in Tampa for my father in law’s funeral and I decided to go for a run through the Florida Everglades and an alligator started chasing me…

I would like to believe that is how the story starts that explains how I torn my meniscus but unfortunately that is not how the story goes.   My story is much simpler.

A week today, we were loading the last few things up and getting ready to head back from Tampa after my father in law’s sickness, passing, etc.   I was in the bedroom where we were staying in, picking things up. I got on my knees and lunged towards something I could not reach. The next thing I know I hear a loud crack and pop and feel something tearing in my knee.   My husband was standing in the door away and heard the same thing. I sat back for a while and tried to shake it off, but it just kept hurting worse, I finally gave in a let my husband taken me to ER. The x-rays showed no broken bones but the ER doctor was pretty sure my either my ACL had ruptured and or my meniscus was torn.   They set me up an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon back home. A few days later, I visited the surgeon and he confirmed what the ER doctor thought… a torn meniscus and possible ACL damage, but he could not confirm how bad the damage is without a special MRI where they would inject contrast dye, so until then he said use crutches and take it easy.

For anyone that knows me, taking it easy is not really in my language. I took it easy for a few days, but then things needed to get done so I made myself get more mobile.

This morning I was getting ready for work as normal, as I was making my way down the stairs, I missed a step with the crutches and jarred my knee; hearing the same tear crack and pop and feeling the same tear, all over again. So we headed back to the doctor and this time, I was told to stay off of it for at least 48 hours and ice it, as often as possible. I was also given a hinged knee brace, and my husband has basically grounded me to couch for the next week.

So now I am left with the question of what to do while grounded on the couch … I am going to try to catch up on photo editing, blogging, reading and stuff like that.