Greenlick Lake

Then I took a header into the tax rocks

Sue the goverment for putting those tax rocks there.

Sorry to hear about the fall Wally Cat... I hope it doesn't take too long to heal up. Would hate to see your fishing season messed up with it. Those are the kind of injuries you would rather be stuck with during bad weather, not good weather! (as if there's actually a better time to have them at all! )

Looks more like a balloon than a knee, about four times it's normal size.
Will try and make arrangements through my family doc tomorrow to get in to see a specialist ASAP.

bummer man. you're not alone in having crashed on the rocks. i nearly peed my pants watching my friend do a header off the rocks into the lake about 2 weeks ago. i didn't know if i could help him get back out of the water since i was laughing so hard. but he survived with minimal bruising.

i hope you get through recovery and all that, as fast as possible.

Eyes, that's what the ER doc said that it is filled with fluids and will probably have to be drained. Not looking forward to that but I'm sure it will help and if that's all they have to do I'll consider myself darn lucky. Even with it being a recent accident won't be able to see an orthopedic surgeon untill Wed afternoon. In the mean time I guess I'll just suck down my Vicodin and read.

Yikes, keep ice on it, and get better asap! This weather is too nice!

sorry to hear it needs surgery... but glad the doc is just getting it done instead of the "let's try some physical therapy" approach... which usually then ends up being a surgery later anyway

I hope all goes well and recovery is quick for you...

ORIGINAL: Wally Cat

Well the vedict is in, did the pre-op testing today and scheduled for surgery Mon. Just wonderful, Doc says about three months to re-coup. What a bummer.

What's wrong Wally? ACL, MCL, LCL, meniscus? I have hardware in my right knee. Just make sure you follow the doc's orders and do all your therapy. Worst thing you can do is get lethargic and not move it around (depending on what they are doing)

They had my\e in a passive motion machine an hr after surgery. Mine wasn't too painful but I didn't have "major" surgery like acl, etc. My knee cap kept getting dislocated when playing sports and getting stuck to the side or behind my knee. After 6 times, I opted to have the surgery to re-align it. Where the patellar tendon attached to the shin, they got their version of a sawzall out and sliced off a piece of shin bone with the tendon attached, slid it over a little and fastened her down with a couple titanium screws. Had that done back in '96 and it has been real good since then. Only complaint is they didn't countersink the screw heads enough and when I take a hard fall on that knee on a b-ball court or other hard surface, they sometimes poke through the skin.

Good luck with the surgery and the recovery.

Get lots of rest, trust me. I just had surgery a couple of weeks ago, I just listened to my body when it was tired I would sleep. It paid off, I got better pretty fast. Plus I would take Vit C and D for awhile to help with the healing.

Hey yw! so about Greenlick, this is kinda sad, but I grew up close to that lake and I still don't know what is in there. I never did much good there since I knew nothing about fishing then, I'd usually just go up to acme dam, high point, or donegal to fish and do a lot better. Is the fishing good there, is it pretty full? And what species are there, I heard you say you got bass, do they stock it?

Can't get my son into fishing, I think he got spoiled on reeling all those big fish in, now it's "no big deal." He always turns people down when they say, "hey, buddy you want to real this crappie in?" All he wants to do is what I call "industrialize" the banks, we've got forts, and barracks, highways, and tanks all over the banks of the lake now lol. I've got one muddy kid when I get home.