Gregory Pratt Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 (I posted this story in the soccer thread, but wanted to share it with everyone else who might not see it. I'm sorry for doubling up, but I think in this case it's understandable and warranted. Please excuse me.) I took to the soccer field after school, and everything was fine, although it was awfully rainy and muddy. I made some spectacular plays, and everyone was feeling good. I was feeling great, man. And then we entered the school, post-practice, to change and get ready to go. Walking into the building, I slipped in a puddle of my own mud and water, and I flew backward. My knee cracked in mid-air, and it snapped again when I dropped. I howled, and rolled over, but no tears came, and no voice, either. After a moment or two, my two best friends -- my only company at the time -- came over, and watched me get up. (I told them, "I can do it -- it's important to me to stand on my own.") It became apparent that I couldn't walk on my own, however, and David became my crutch. The short story is this: David's mom gave me a ride home and to the hospital with my mom. When we got there, I took X-Rays. My knee is not broken or dislocated, but they all suspect that I tore my tendons, ripped my knee cartilage and ripped muscles. Given that my knee has been dislodged at the front, that I've experienced the crippling rip of tendons before, and that my knee is swollen to three times its size, I'm sure there's something seriously wrong. I have an appointment with the Specialists tomorrow, but right now, I can't bend my left leg, it aches, I'm in a brace, crutches, and I'm in pain. Seriously, crippling pain. My soccer season is probably over, and I'm not all right, physically. Mentally, I'm kind of hurt, kind of bruised. I want to compete. I don't want to have this end to my first ever full sports season in HS. It's going to be a nice sleep. The type that only pain can provide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie hayes Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 So, my first thought is, What is "my own mud"? What does that mean? I can't empathize, as I've never had any sort of leg injury. So I'll limit myself to, I wish you good luck and some good s*** to help you sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I can say I feel you man. I blew out my ACL, and severly stretched my PCL in my right knee and have had 2 major knee surgeries on it. If you are vigilant with your rehab you will be fine...of course depending on the extent of the damage and the ortho doc you get. I wish you the best of luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 So, my first thought is, What is "my own mud"? What does that mean? I can't empathize, as I've never had any sort of leg injury. So I'll limit myself to, I wish you good luck and some good s*** to help you sleep. Bending my knee into all sorts of positions to fit the X-Ray -- that nearly killed me, man, but when I did it, I told the man, "These vicodin don't do shi-!" because that's what they'd given me. (I only took the lone one that they gave me.) (I won't take another.) QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 02:29 AM) I can say I feel you man. I blew out my ACL, and severly stretched my PCL in my right knee and have had 2 major knee surgeries on it. If you are vigilant with your rehab you will be fine...of course depending on the extent of the damage and the ortho doc you get. I wish you the best of luck!! Thanks, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 I tripley feel your pain, having blown out both knees, my right one twice. Take care of them while you are young, because it only gets worse if you don't. I creak in the morning, stairs sound like bubble wrap popping with each bend of the knee, rain makes even walking hard to do, I can't sit for more than an hour at a time, every so often the right one just locks in the bent position for about 3 or 4 minutes and bowling is about the only "sport" I can do now (thankfully the left one didn't get hirt too bad, so I can still plant on it). Take care of those knees, and good luck at the doc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Crap. That really sucks, and nothing makes up for losing a season. I f***ed up my Junior outdoor track season doing something stupid and it haunts me to this day. I carried a 12-3 record in the half mile into the conference championship. Screwing around on the triple jump (I have zero jumping ability, there was a girl involved) I fell backwards and hit my coccyx on the take off board and bruised it. I could barely walk the next day. I wound up scratched from the two mile relay team I anchored all season, scratched from the mile relay, and finished so far back in the half mile I should have brought a broom and cleaned up. The following year JC Lang of Grant High School beat me by about a half second and I took second. That should not make you feel any better. Philosophy time. When you read that you probably were thinking, big f***ing deal, it was a long time ago. Put your injury in the same time frame. Resist the urge to be a super hero. Heal 100% before playing again. Take care of your knee for a lifetime, not just for this season, or just for soccer. Also, use the injury to get girls. A bruised coccyx adds nothing in that department, but blowing out a knee has got to get you a couple dates and an excuse to not dance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 12:57 AM) I don't want to have this end to my first ever full sports season in HS. I keep forgetting how young some of you guys are. That totally sucks GP. Hopefully it's not a sports ending injury though and you'll bounce back good as new. Hang in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 07:58 AM) Crap. That really sucks, and nothing makes up for losing a season. I f***ed up my Junior outdoor track season doing something stupid and it haunts me to this day. I carried a 12-3 record in the half mile into the conference championship. Screwing around on the triple jump (I have zero jumping ability, there was a girl involved) I fell backwards and hit my coccyx on the take off board and bruised it. I could barely walk the next day. I wound up scratched from the two mile relay team I anchored all season, scratched from the mile relay, and finished so far back in the half mile I should have brought a broom and cleaned up. The following year JC Lang of Grant High School beat me by about a half second and I took second. That should not make you feel any better. Philosophy time. When you read that you probably were thinking, big f***ing deal, it was a long time ago. Put your injury in the same time frame. Resist the urge to be a super hero. Heal 100% before playing again. Take care of your knee for a lifetime, not just for this season, or just for soccer. Also, use the injury to get girls. A bruised coccyx adds nothing in that department, but blowing out a knee has got to get you a couple dates and an excuse to not dance. Ha! (I don't need no stinkin' help getting girls!) (But it won't hurt to have a new tool!) I tripley feel your pain, having blown out both knees, my right one twice. Take care of them while you are young, because it only gets worse if you don't. I creak in the morning, stairs sound like bubble wrap popping with each bend of the knee, rain makes even walking hard to do, I can't sit for more than an hour at a time, every so often the right one just locks in the bent position for about 3 or 4 minutes and bowling is about the only "sport" I can do now (thankfully the left one didn't get hirt too bad, so I can still plant on it). Take care of those knees, and good luck at the doc. Thank you. I keep forgetting how young some of you guys are. That totally sucks GP. Hopefully it's not a sports ending injury though and you'll bounce back good as new. Hang in there. The thing that rips me, aside from friction and whatever the hell physical force tore my knee apart, is that we were undefeated going into today's game, and now I can't be there for my team. But thank you. I'll hang in there, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 Doctor's not in today. I've got to wait until tomorrow. What the F-CK am I going to do? I'm going to be stuck here, feeling as if I'm asphixiating, all day, with nothing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Post here? GP, best of luck... it's not going to be a fun couple of months, but as many have alluded to... take care of yourself for the long haul, and try to not come back too soon, even when you're feeling better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Damn, GP. My heart goes out to you. I'm a fellow lifetime sports-related bad knee person. But nothing even close to what you described. Here's hoping the nurses were hot at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 09:21 AM) Doctor's not in today. I've got to wait until tomorrow. What the F-CK am I going to do? I'm going to be stuck here, feeling as if I'm asphixiating, all day, with nothing to do. If you were older, I'd suggest internet porn . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 QUOTE(Texsox @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 11:03 AM) If you were older, I'd suggest internet porn . . . Back in the not too distant past When I would need a quick repast Or a temporary break from my agenda Up to the bedroom I would head Pull out the Playboy from 'neath the bed And sneak a peak at all the portraits of pudenda My alternatives were slim If I tried to find another source for sin I'd have to hang out with the losers in the backroom of my local video store But last month I finally made the call I got a brand new cable modem installed And it opened up the floodgates of a whole new universe of INTERNET PORN Internet porn: Roman orgy scenes Internet porn: Dominatrix queens Internet porn: Girl on girl on girl on girl on girl on guy on sheep Internet porn: Gross anatomy Internet porn: Pam and Tommy Lee Internet porn: When you're given so much to choose from who has time to sleep? Honestly honey, I dunno how the link got on there! After my girlfriend goes to sleep And I get out of bed and down the hall I creep So I can hunker down and wallow in depravity until 3 or 4 You'll always find me in that same tableau Silloueted by my monitor's warm glow And absorbing all the bounty from the cornocopia of INTERNET PORN Internet porn: Barely legal teens Internet porn: Naughty figurines Internet porn: Geriatric German grandmas spanking Spanish men Internet porn: Erotic Asian art Internet porn: Guys with extra parts Internet porn: I don't think I'm ever going to see the sun again! Internet porn: Male-in-love.com Internet porn: There's my neighbor's mom Internet porn: Bikers wearing diapers chasing nurses dressed like smurfs Internet porn: Massage le crevage Internet porn: Oh de' toi menage Internet porn: Every kind of smut from every corner of the earth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 QUOTE(kapkomet @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 09:31 AM) Post here? GP, best of luck... it's not going to be a fun couple of months, but as many have alluded to... take care of yourself for the long haul, and try to not come back too soon, even when you're feeling better. Thank you, Kap. QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 09:33 AM) Damn, GP. My heart goes out to you. I'm a fellow lifetime sports-related bad knee person. But nothing even close to what you described. Here's hoping the nurses were hot at least. Actually, I spent my time in the Emergency Room/Waiting Room/Patient's Room wheeling around the hallways while I waited for my results. It was much better than sitting around in that awful room. There weren't any nurses! But some lovely Janitors. If you were older, I'd suggest internet porn . . . wink.gif I want to be like Carson Palmer, not Tom Brady! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Bikers wearing diapers chasing nurses dressed like smurfs delete, delete, delete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Luckily you are young enough that you can bounce back in your HS career. I too have had not only the bad lucky of knee injury, but horrible ankle, and shoulder ones as well. The key is to take it easy when they tell you, and when you are ready, rehab like its the only thing you care about in the world. Oh and 10 years from now, good luck on airplanes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 13, 2006 Author Share Posted September 13, 2006 QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 10:47 AM) Luckily you are young enough that you can bounce back in your HS career. I too have had not only the bad lucky of knee injury, but horrible ankle, and shoulder ones as well. The key is to take it easy when they tell you, and when you are ready, rehab like its the only thing you care about in the world. Oh and 10 years from now, good luck on airplanes. Thanks, mate. --- I'm watching God pitch against Oakland. Let's go A's. Oh my God, no. Liriano just got pulled from the game as soon as I called him God, which makes me feel bad. I don't wish him any harm at all. I love watching Liriano. I love watching great baseball players, period. I knew it, though. I told my cat, "He's throwing too many sliders for the shape he's in right now." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 10:16 AM) Back in the not too distant past When I would need a quick repast Or a temporary break from my agenda Up to the bedroom I would head Pull out the Playboy from 'neath the bed And sneak a peak at all the portraits of pudenda My alternatives were slim If I tried to find another source for sin I'd have to hang out with the losers in the backroom of my local video store But last month I finally made the call I got a brand new cable modem installed And it opened up the floodgates of a whole new universe of INTERNET PORN Internet porn: Roman orgy scenes Internet porn: Dominatrix queens Internet porn: Girl on girl on girl on girl on girl on guy on sheep Internet porn: Gross anatomy Internet porn: Pam and Tommy Lee Internet porn: When you're given so much to choose from who has time to sleep? Honestly honey, I dunno how the link got on there! After my girlfriend goes to sleep And I get out of bed and down the hall I creep So I can hunker down and wallow in depravity until 3 or 4 You'll always find me in that same tableau Silloueted by my monitor's warm glow And absorbing all the bounty from the cornocopia of INTERNET PORN Internet porn: Barely legal teens Internet porn: Naughty figurines Internet porn: Geriatric German grandmas spanking Spanish men Internet porn: Erotic Asian art Internet porn: Guys with extra parts Internet porn: I don't think I'm ever going to see the sun again! Internet porn: Male-in-love.com Internet porn: There's my neighbor's mom Internet porn: Bikers wearing diapers chasing nurses dressed like smurfs Internet porn: Massage le crevage Internet porn: Oh de' toi menage Internet porn: Every kind of smut from every corner of the earth! DiVinci's Notebook is/was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Damn Greg, sorry to hear that. I can feel your pain. 3 dislocated knees and hyperextended tendons on my side. Sucks that your season is over to, I know how competetive of a guy you are. Don't rush your comeback. It won't help you no matter what you think. Let it heal completely and get back to 100% before you start rehab. I hope you don't have long-term knee troubled like I have/will. Get back soon buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BHAMBARONS Posted September 13, 2006 Share Posted September 13, 2006 Greg Sorry to hear this. I had an experence like this back when I was a Junior in 2000 we were playing a baseball game I was the first baseman and throw was high and towards the dugout and I leap to get throw and I made the catch the next thing I know is I am being plowed over he got me right in the chest and I fell to the ground my knee snapped and my head slammed the ground. Next thing I know I am at St. Clair Hospital I had a concussion, a damaged eye cord, my eye was swollen shut, had a broken rib and damaged some ligaments in my knee which needed surgery and it was grueling time recovering. So best of luck and hope for a speedy full recovery Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoota Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 08:37 AM) Thank you. The thing that rips me, aside from friction and whatever the hell physical force tore my knee apart, is that we were undefeated going into today's game, and now I can't be there for my team. Cortisone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aboz56 Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Gregory, sorry to hear you got hurt. I'm sure you'll come back from this stronger than ever. My thoughts are with ya and from someone who has competed in sports for most of my life, I know it's gotta be tough not being able to be out there competing. Hope everything turns out okay. Just remember, it could always be worse. Watch the video below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 06:05 PM) Damn Greg, sorry to hear that. I can feel your pain. 3 dislocated knees and hyperextended tendons on my side. Sucks that your season is over to, I know how competetive of a guy you are. Don't rush your comeback. It won't help you no matter what you think. Let it heal completely and get back to 100% before you start rehab. I hope you don't have long-term knee troubled like I have/will. Get back soon buddy. I can feel your pain, too. I wish you could come over and take some, and we could split it. Like good friends, my friend. I won't rush. I'm going to take it easy. My soccer season is over, for sure, and so I have nothing to rush for. Oh baby baby baby, I'll no longer be able to compete in the Cow Olympics, or ride the cows, or wrangle them up. QUOTE(BHAMBARONS @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 06:07 PM) Greg Sorry to hear this. I had an experence like this back when I was a Junior in 2000 we were playing a baseball game I was the first baseman and throw was high and towards the dugout and I leap to get throw and I made the catch the next thing I know is I am being plowed over he got me right in the chest and I fell to the ground my knee snapped and my head slammed the ground. Next thing I know I am at St. Clair Hospital I had a concussion, a damaged eye cord, my eye was swollen shut, had a broken rib and damaged some ligaments in my knee which needed surgery and it was grueling time recovering. So best of luck and hope for a speedy full recovery Tom I feel your pain too, Tom. Thank you. I'm headed down your same road, so I appreciate the support, man. QUOTE(shoota @ Sep 13, 2006 -> 08:32 PM) Cortisone? I really don't think that fits or is funny. Maybe if my back were hurting me... Gregory, sorry to hear you got hurt. I'm sure you'll come back from this stronger than ever. My thoughts are with ya and from someone who has competed in sports for most of my life, I know it's gotta be tough not being able to be out there competing. Hope everything turns out okay. Just remember, it could always be worse. Watch the video below. Don't you worry -- I've got it all in perspective. I'm not the emo or overreacting type. But, thank you for the kind words and gruesome video, Boz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ OMG that hurts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 PS: I got my Vicodin tonight. It hasn't done s-it for me, and I took it about an hour ago. That's all right, though. That's why I have a set of testicles and vocal cords: to take the pain with a "fu-k!" Even though that, ah, doesn't sound right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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