18 Months Post-Op Surgery #7: God's Grace in Details
I wrote what you are about to read six months. Today, on my year and a half kneeversary, it's time to share it. This post is the story of one of the most trying years of my life. I struggle with being vulnerable, but my hope is that my story, in every detail, will encourage and help others. If you make it to the end, please share with someone who may need some encouragement. November 15, 2018 marked the one-year anniversary. Six surgeries, nine years, and more doctors and physical therapists than I can count, culminated in one last surgery. One last chance to fix the knee problems that have plagued me for over nine years. My surgery took over seven hours. The doctor harvested a portion of my left patella tendon, used it to replace my right ACL, used two cadaver Achilles tendons, together, to replace my right MCL, tightened my right LCL and PCL, reconstructed both posterior corners of my right knee, took a graft from my right IT band, and wove it through the center of my knee to...