Author: Romeo
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:44 am
Hey Bboy,
If I rememer correctly, your knee is buggered up pretty good. Surgery is an option, but there were a lot of hurdles you had to overcome before you could do that. From the sounds of the post you made with "Your Plan", you’re getting very close to considering the surgery option and that makes me happy. I don’t know if your familiar with my injuries, I fell 25 feet out of a tree, I exploded my left heel bone (the Orthapaedic Surgeon counted 18 pieces and said the rest was dust), broke the Talus (forms the lower part of the ankle joint) and broke the Fibula (calf bone). The right ankle was similar, but the breaks included the Tibia (shin bone) and those breaks went 1/3 of the way up my leg. Oh yeah, broke my left arm too. Yeah, that was a pretty shitty day!!
Anyway, I underwent 7 surgeries over a few years time and without those surgeries, there is no way in hell that I would be working…..shit man, there’s no way I would be active in any way, shape or form if it weren’t for those surgeries. My surgeries were so successful that I don’t take any pain meds, with the exception of 1 or 2 Advil once or twice a week. If you could have seen how mangled my legs and ankles were after that fall and then if you could see me walking around today, with no pain meds, you be like 
!!
So, I think your plan is good. Surgery will most likely help, Methadone can be your pain med, wean down the best you can after the surgery and you may find that you don’t even need it anymore if the surgery goes really well!!
