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March 02, 2005
I Have Torn My ACL
The doctor says he has no idea how I managed to do that and not do any damage to my meniscus, but such is the case. I have three massive bone bruises, some swelling, and a torn ACL. The first two will go away on their own. The ACL requires surgery. Followed by six months of physical therapy before I can do yoga or NIA or any other activity that would require either pivots or pressing from the side.
Six months from now is September. At least I should be okay by the time the OSF auditions come around. But before those, there's Macbeth and the IRT summer season to get through, combining physical therapy with roles that don't require me to dance or play hoops or do martial arts moves (or wear high heels, I suspect). And my 20-year high school reunion (no dancing for Sally at that affair).
So. I'm hoping to schedule it for the beginning of Spring Break. (Lots of college students get to go to Cancun or Mazatlan or Florida. I get to have surgery. Wheee.)
At least the doctor has okayed, even encouraged exercise between now and the surgery. In fact, he has required it. The right kind will assure that my muscles heal the way they should afterwards. And the right kind means cardio. Lots and lots of cardio. That and a little bit of strenght training for my quads.
So now I don't have to worry that the walking I've done over the past 5 weeks was doing further damage. It was actually the best choice I could have made.
I wish I hadn't made the choice to shield Maggie with my hip that day in Acting Studio, though that choice was more an instinctive reaction than a choice...
Posted by sally at March 2, 2005 07:50 PM
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