Deciding to Have Surgery

I was not easily convinced on the slicing thing.

All of my aunts have had knee surgery and it seems anything but convenient.

And I didn't go straight to surgery.

I tried EVERYTHING.

muscle strengthening - especially quad

physical therapy

homeopathic medicine

vitamin and nutritional supplements

more physical therapy

I even walked around like a dork with some muscle activating tape on my legs for a while, hoping that would tighten up my muscles and hold my knee together ...

EVERYTHING.

Nothing worked.

Some of it helped, don't get me wrong.

But I wanted to be at a D1 athlete level ...

cute leg tape can only go so far.

When my knee got to the point of ruining my life ... that's when I caved.

For a good 6 months, I wasn't able to exercise much, run far, climb a ton of stairs ...

I felt like a grandma.

I had difficulty rock climbing. Hiking long hikes. Biking was still ok.

Anything that would put the majority of my body weight on my left leg

I tried to avoid.

Skiing was the stick that broke the camel's back.

This winter, I couldn't keep up with my boyfriend ...

and ladies, we all no THAT isn't ok. 

I would get home from a day trip and couldn't even find my knee ...

it was so swollen ... just straight thigh to calf.

That was when I decided to see Dr.LaPrade.

They say he's the best of the best so I met with him.

Xrays, MRIs, all kinds of pictures were taken

and Dr.LaPrade said he could help me.

Surgery was booked for summer.