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Hey there Tommax. Knee is doing good thanks for checking on me. I was just cleared for some cardio a few days ago. I can go back to cross training now however without resistance or too much speed....

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I am back with some more good news and updates on my status.

Yesterday I went to see my surgeon with the first MRI taken since my surgery. On the second generation of ACI...

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I am just back from visiting my surgeon. "So far so good" he said. Bending capacity has reached 100% and stiffness is almost gone. He checked it in every angle and allowed me to...

Thanks Tommax. Good to see you back in this thread.

I was not expecting it to improve so rapidly either. I am pleasantly surprised.
My next appointment with the Surgeon is on the 4th of...

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I have failed to update my journey to recovery for a while but the progresses I have made were so slow that I decided to wait a little so that I would have something more interesting...

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Another week has gone by and today I went to my DR. for a new visit. I will tell you more about it but first things first I'll review the past week briefly.

So you all know I...

I took a photo of the scar on the 5th day after the surgery. I post it here for those who wonder what size and shape of scar you may get.

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It has already been two weeks since my ACI surgery.

As I wrote on my previous posts, I have tried to be a little more active this week. I have been swimming 1.5 km in 1 hour...

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My healing goes better than I would have expected. I quit taking pain killers 2 days ago. The swelling on my knee is much much better. I am used to moving around with crutches and...

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I am back with some updates and some good news. Day 6 started with my first Dr visit since the surgery. The Dr. was very pleased with the healing process in general. The surprise of...

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From my experience I know that the knee can swell a lot and that it takes time to go down. My swelling after the first arthroscopy stayed for 5-6 weeks. However it seems wise to seek...

Thank you my friend. I feel so much better now that the surgery is done. How are you feeling? I hope all the problems with the blood clot are gone as well as all the pain.

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Today is my 4th day following the second surgery of my ACI procedure. I Injured myself on the 4th of June and here I am 2 months 4 days after the first injury. My weight has not ...

Ok I finally had my ACI surgery yesterday. It normally should have happened two weeks ago but it took a little longer for the cartilage implant to be ready.

Surgery started at 11:00 and ended...

Thanks for your well wishes tips and recommendations. It helps me remaining calm and positive. I am so lucky to have found someone like you in this forum. When you say you are in a different world,...

Thanks for all the info.

It sounds like you had a hard time and some bad luck with the blood clot. Hopefuly the coming days you should feel much much better. I truly wish you the best of luck...

That would be awesome. Because it is such a huge improvement and such a recent technique the more info we can put in here the better the post will be. I am having my surgery next wednesday.

I...

I completed my second week after the first surgery. I have 1 or 2 more weeks before the big open surgery during which they will repair the cartilage using the benefits of genetics. In the mean time I...

Will update this thread in case anyone has to go through this like me.

It has been a full week since my first surgery during which they removed all the broken cartilage pieces from my knee and...

My defect is on the cartillage behind the patella. The medical exact name of this procedure is Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation. It is a very new technique so long term complications are unclear...