Hi guys,
I guess you can figure out the fact that I am in a upright mood right now.... yea well I should be. I had a very narrow escape from a crippling 3 month downtime.... all because of a silly attempt at a silly ball on a silly volley ball court.
People find it hard to imagine how it could have possibly happened on a volley ball court. I mean, how the legs come in right (for the uninitiated, I twisted my leg almost 90degree to the normal position... leading to a lot of pain and complications.)
Well, basically what happened is I tried to take on a volley from the other side . Since my hands have a large reach (hint hint) I believed I could take the ball with one hand by jumping back a bit.... all was fine. I have done that a million times before.
Problem was, my collegue who was standing to my left also decided that he could take the ball. So what happened is that my left leg landed on his right foot, while the rest of my body continued with its original path of motion.
Because of my substantial large figure... the knee snapped. What was initially thought to be a severe ligament tear and damage turned out to be a 2 part fracture... one on the knee cap and one on the surface of the upper knee bone (technically on the power patella and the articular cartilage on the femur bone.)
Live images:
*The damaged part of the knee.... this damage and rupture had caused a lot of internal hemorrhage which had further caused the knee to become swollen to almost twice its size and also made it very stiff*
*The small fragment which had actually managed to separate itself from the patella (knee cap.)*
What is this wonderland all about?
Basically, I had this phobia for general anesthesia ever since childhood. Thankfully I had never undergone a operation before hence I didn't know how it felt... but I can tell you this.... it is not pretty. Well when they give you the anesthesia, you really don't feel much. They keep on asking you intriguing questions and you are asleep before you know it. But my dad tells me, that I was waving my hands around like a loon when I was waking up from the anesthesia... and he said that at one point... i clenched my fists and punched the wall with considerable force. Thank fully that didnt lead to any broken bones and "ligaments" otherwise it would have been some irony.
When you wake up from anesthesia, you are feeling so comfortable that some people refuse to snap out of it. It basically inhibits all kinds of stimuli to reach your brain... but gradually as you start feeling your world, you feel very depressed... I guess that was the reason for me to punch the wall out of the blue.
I refer to the state of being under anesthesia as my "wonderland."
Anyways, I was lucky enough to have friends like the ones I have and my family (my dad, my uncles, my mom, my cousins, my sisters and finally my girlfriend) that I recovered so fast from the trauma. Initially, just after the accident I was almost in tears (ok who am I lying to... I was crying.) because of the weight of the aftermath of the injury... I was scared that I would not be able to handle the pressure. But Here i am, just undergone a major anesthesia surgery and still up and about... posting in a tech forum BTW, Goku suggested that i get this done via Dr Anant Joshi (one of the best knee specialists in the world, he fixed Sachin up and now is BCCI's official doctor) ... and I guess my dad took the hint. He is a gem of a person but I owe it to my uncle for arranging a appointment with him. Normally the waiting period is over a month.
A tough period of careful and calculated physiotherapy lies ahead. I guess I can make it through that anyways....
Once again... thanks everyone
I guess you can figure out the fact that I am in a upright mood right now.... yea well I should be. I had a very narrow escape from a crippling 3 month downtime.... all because of a silly attempt at a silly ball on a silly volley ball court.
People find it hard to imagine how it could have possibly happened on a volley ball court. I mean, how the legs come in right (for the uninitiated, I twisted my leg almost 90degree to the normal position... leading to a lot of pain and complications.)
Well, basically what happened is I tried to take on a volley from the other side . Since my hands have a large reach (hint hint) I believed I could take the ball with one hand by jumping back a bit.... all was fine. I have done that a million times before.
Problem was, my collegue who was standing to my left also decided that he could take the ball. So what happened is that my left leg landed on his right foot, while the rest of my body continued with its original path of motion.
Because of my substantial large figure... the knee snapped. What was initially thought to be a severe ligament tear and damage turned out to be a 2 part fracture... one on the knee cap and one on the surface of the upper knee bone (technically on the power patella and the articular cartilage on the femur bone.)
Live images:
*The damaged part of the knee.... this damage and rupture had caused a lot of internal hemorrhage which had further caused the knee to become swollen to almost twice its size and also made it very stiff*
*The small fragment which had actually managed to separate itself from the patella (knee cap.)*
What is this wonderland all about?
Basically, I had this phobia for general anesthesia ever since childhood. Thankfully I had never undergone a operation before hence I didn't know how it felt... but I can tell you this.... it is not pretty. Well when they give you the anesthesia, you really don't feel much. They keep on asking you intriguing questions and you are asleep before you know it. But my dad tells me, that I was waving my hands around like a loon when I was waking up from the anesthesia... and he said that at one point... i clenched my fists and punched the wall with considerable force. Thank fully that didnt lead to any broken bones and "ligaments" otherwise it would have been some irony.
When you wake up from anesthesia, you are feeling so comfortable that some people refuse to snap out of it. It basically inhibits all kinds of stimuli to reach your brain... but gradually as you start feeling your world, you feel very depressed... I guess that was the reason for me to punch the wall out of the blue.
I refer to the state of being under anesthesia as my "wonderland."
Anyways, I was lucky enough to have friends like the ones I have and my family (my dad, my uncles, my mom, my cousins, my sisters and finally my girlfriend) that I recovered so fast from the trauma. Initially, just after the accident I was almost in tears (ok who am I lying to... I was crying.) because of the weight of the aftermath of the injury... I was scared that I would not be able to handle the pressure. But Here i am, just undergone a major anesthesia surgery and still up and about... posting in a tech forum BTW, Goku suggested that i get this done via Dr Anant Joshi (one of the best knee specialists in the world, he fixed Sachin up and now is BCCI's official doctor) ... and I guess my dad took the hint. He is a gem of a person but I owe it to my uncle for arranging a appointment with him. Normally the waiting period is over a month.
A tough period of careful and calculated physiotherapy lies ahead. I guess I can make it through that anyways....
Once again... thanks everyone
(but i can guess the result tho)
