Thread: Wounded warrior

Sympathies to you Scott. Similar thing happened to me. Best advice (from a sport-mad anaethsetist) after wasting time and $$ on charlatans, was to "Get a referral to an orthopaedic surgeon. He'll do an MRI, find the problem and fix it". Well, that's what happened, and I could have been pain-free 12 months sooner.

Good luck.

Den

I told ya you should of stayed in QLD!!!

Someone please make me a wooden leg.

OK one good news and one bad news. The good news is the knee is fine and it should heal ok. The bad news is it is not strong enough to do all the sharp turnings, twisting and jumping in basketball. If I still want to play then I need a knee re-construction which I am not prepared to do.

I guess this is it. I will have to switch to swimming, running or even tai chi.

It is a heartbreaking moment but hey life goes on right.

My sympathies mate! Playing basketball is not something us "old buggas" have to worry about - yer young whipper-snapper

bad news mate .. but theres always lawn bowls

real bad news mate.
if the knee won't handle bowls get a scrabble set.

Ah geez Wongo - sorry to hear that - but hey, the bright side is you'll have more time for, yep, wood work and the forum and your family.

Cheers
Wendy

Hard luck about the basketball...but can you still cook?

being older, and still being able to play basketball, tennis, aerobics etc... all I can say is "sucked in"

Originally Posted by Zed

being older, and still being able to play basketball, tennis, aerobics etc... all I can say is "sucked in"

Yeah but can you really play basketball?

Scott,

Sorry to hear about the knee, and the end of your basketball career; but there are plenty of other less demanding sports that a young whipper-snapper like yourself should still be able to engage in. Anyway, this seems like a perfect opportunity to get into TurboCAD.

Rocker

You're lucky Scott. My wife did eactly the same thing, only she actually snapped the medial ligament and had to have a reconstruction, involving the ligament being stretched across and stapled in place. The scar is about a foot long (days before keyhole surgery). She still plays netball with a knee brace but basketball is out.

Do you own a netball skirt?

Originally Posted by silentC

Do you own a netball skirt?

being chinese he probably owns a silky dress of some sort or another, probably "flag red" oin colour too...

Best wishes from the UK for a speedy recovery.
Turned 40? Been there done that!

I expect you have had a good innings, very few men play with big balls after 40 so time to change to the small one and a caddy. Hope Al. doesn't read this one.