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http://www.snowboardquebec.com/news/2012/des-filles-du-quebec-qui-s%E2%80%99illustrent-sur-roxy/
Friday, February 17, 2012
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Today was THE BIG DAY!
So last Wednesday, I had an appointment with my knee doctor DR JP McConkey, just a couple days after I got back from Alaska. I'm not gonna lie but I was pretty convince that he was gonna tell me that something was wrong with my ACL.... I was ready for it tho... I kept a positive attitude the whole time while I was waiting for my check up tho.
So on Wednesday, when I finally got to see my doctor, I was really surprised and happy when he told me that my ACL was really strong and that it was probably just a meniscus injury. Such a release... It's such a great feeling when everything goes even better then you expected... I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations, I'm rarely disappointed then.
I was probably gonna have to pass an MRI and all but the waiting list for MRI's are high in whistler since injuries are not rare. So McConkey took a guess and decided that we were gonna skip that and go to the surgery right away since he was pretty certain that that's what was wrong in my knee. I totally trusted him, he's a knee specialist and has seen a lot so I totally agreed with him. Miraculously, he had an opening on the following Monday and was gonna be able to operate me right away!
February 6th, 12:00 pm, Surgery day
Today is the big day, I am so excited... most of my friends taught I was crazy cause I was excited about my surgery, but I know it's going to go well and can not wait to start recovering so why wouldn't I be excited? So I decided to do a spinal anesthesia instead of a general anesthesia... the recovery is a bit better and I get to watch the surgery! :D
So the anesthetist injected a needle with bupivacaine into my spinal cord, which got me frozen from my belly bottom down in not even a minute... I was trying really hard just to move a toe and nothing would happen, that's ok cause I don't want to feel whats gonna happen to me. The whole processes was pretty quick, I got to watch what they were doing to me from a TV that was hooked up to a tiny camera inside my knee, I'm not gonna go into to much details cause some people might not like it but it was definitely pretty cool to watch!
So in a time laps of 3 hours, I was in and out of the hospital with a fixed knee!!! Stoked, I'm feeling great, gonna be on crutches for a couples days but it's all good. Starting my recovery now! I'm gonna be back on my feet in no time, you watch! And better then ever!
So on Wednesday, when I finally got to see my doctor, I was really surprised and happy when he told me that my ACL was really strong and that it was probably just a meniscus injury. Such a release... It's such a great feeling when everything goes even better then you expected... I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations, I'm rarely disappointed then.
I was probably gonna have to pass an MRI and all but the waiting list for MRI's are high in whistler since injuries are not rare. So McConkey took a guess and decided that we were gonna skip that and go to the surgery right away since he was pretty certain that that's what was wrong in my knee. I totally trusted him, he's a knee specialist and has seen a lot so I totally agreed with him. Miraculously, he had an opening on the following Monday and was gonna be able to operate me right away!
February 6th, 12:00 pm, Surgery day
Today is the big day, I am so excited... most of my friends taught I was crazy cause I was excited about my surgery, but I know it's going to go well and can not wait to start recovering so why wouldn't I be excited? So I decided to do a spinal anesthesia instead of a general anesthesia... the recovery is a bit better and I get to watch the surgery! :D
So the anesthetist injected a needle with bupivacaine into my spinal cord, which got me frozen from my belly bottom down in not even a minute... I was trying really hard just to move a toe and nothing would happen, that's ok cause I don't want to feel whats gonna happen to me. The whole processes was pretty quick, I got to watch what they were doing to me from a TV that was hooked up to a tiny camera inside my knee, I'm not gonna go into to much details cause some people might not like it but it was definitely pretty cool to watch!
So in a time laps of 3 hours, I was in and out of the hospital with a fixed knee!!! Stoked, I'm feeling great, gonna be on crutches for a couples days but it's all good. Starting my recovery now! I'm gonna be back on my feet in no time, you watch! And better then ever!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Marie-Andrée & Joanie's Alaskan Adventure on SBCWOMEN
http://www.sbcwomen.com/riders_article?news_id=828
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