Comments on: When Doctor Becomes Patient http://www.drjohnhong.com/blog/2008/when-doctor-becomes-patient/ Real Medicine, Plain Talk Fri, 08 May 2009 00:31:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: J Wood http://www.drjohnhong.com/blog/2008/when-doctor-becomes-patient/comment-page-1/#comment-4220 J Wood Tue, 20 May 2008 02:34:31 +0000 http://www.drjohnhong.com/blog/2008/187/#comment-4220 Just watched the videos of the surgery and therapy. I used the video of my first knee surgery for a college speech class once -- those come in handy. So was it just your ACL, or did you mess up your LCL as well? I'm actually really curious about the surgical methods and how they've advanced. When I tore my LCL wrestling, I was told the surgery being done was new and somewhat experimental. A student of mine tore his LCL (wrestling), had the same surgery, and was told it's now the standard. My ACL surgery was exactly like yours, except they put a nerve block on the wrong leg, so I was paralyzed from the hips down for over a day. Gwen and I wanted to bring you some sort of healing treat -- suggestions? Just watched the videos of the surgery and therapy. I used the video of my first knee surgery for a college speech class once — those come in handy.

So was it just your ACL, or did you mess up your LCL as well? I’m actually really curious about the surgical methods and how they’ve advanced. When I tore my LCL wrestling, I was told the surgery being done was new and somewhat experimental. A student of mine tore his LCL (wrestling), had the same surgery, and was told it’s now the standard.

My ACL surgery was exactly like yours, except they put a nerve block on the wrong leg, so I was paralyzed from the hips down for over a day.

Gwen and I wanted to bring you some sort of healing treat — suggestions?

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