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LUT! (Life Update Time)

For those of you who don’t know, I had my 3 rd ACL reconstruction surgery last December. The last several months, my knee has been bothering me again and slowly feeling worse. I had an MRI taken on Tuesday, and this morning we met with my doctor, Dr. D’Alessandro ( Check out his experience ) . He informed us that my ACL is torn again. You know it’s going to be interesting when your doctor is puzzled. Dr. D explained that he only sees this happen in females when they are college soccer players. There has been nothing in the last nine months to cause it to tear again. Before we make any decisions on surgery or anything, Dr. D is having me go to another doctor, Dr. Piasecki ( And his too ) . Once we have the second opinion, they will bring up my case at their next monthly doctor’s panel to hear what other doctors have to say. So far, here are my options: Wear a knee brace forever to help with stability, but deal with the pain Have arthroscopic surgery to clean out cartilage f...