I unfortunately joined the ranks.
Right leg rupture playing flag football. I’m 8 days post-injury and am finally getting out of the funk I found myself in last week. I have two young kids and we had to cancel numerous summer plans. My wife is a saint and will have to chauffeur me to work every day. I’m also struggling with the sudden loss my independence and my ability to coparent. We’re at the “divide and conquer” stage of parenting where we run errands with one of the kids while the other takes the other one so we can manage all the household duties.
In consultation with my surgeon and physiotherapist, I opted for non-op. I’m a paramedic and so I was able to talk a little more frankly about my concerns with both surgery and non-surgery options. My primary sport is cycling and I hope to get back to cycling as soon as reasonably practicable.
It was a relief reading about all the different ways this can happen to people because I got stuck in a “why me?” cycle and blamed my decreased fitness and extra weight for what happened.
Best of luck to everyone. I’ll share my journey if anything notable happens.
Right leg rupture playing flag football. I’m 8 days post-injury and am finally getting out of the funk I found myself in last week. I have two young kids and we had to cancel numerous summer plans. My wife is a saint and will have to chauffeur me to work every day. I’m also struggling with the sudden loss my independence and my ability to coparent. We’re at the “divide and conquer” stage of parenting where we run errands with one of the kids while the other takes the other one so we can manage all the household duties.
In consultation with my surgeon and physiotherapist, I opted for non-op. I’m a paramedic and so I was able to talk a little more frankly about my concerns with both surgery and non-surgery options. My primary sport is cycling and I hope to get back to cycling as soon as reasonably practicable.
It was a relief reading about all the different ways this can happen to people because I got stuck in a “why me?” cycle and blamed my decreased fitness and extra weight for what happened.
Best of luck to everyone. I’ll share my journey if anything notable happens.