My name is Irene and I have
an injured left knee.
In September whilst trying a
slab
route during a bouldering session I slipped and fell, catching my foot in a jug
belonging to a different route set on the same wall. This caused my knee to
twist as I fell, leading to a pretty sickening crunching sound and an inability
to put any weight on my left leg.
After the swelling (and
there was A LOT of swelling) had gone down an MRI showed that I had completely
ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament, strained the medial cruciate ligament
and torn the meniscus. I don’t do things by halves.
Prior to my injury I was
pretty active. I ran middle distance, did a lot of stretching, and a bit of
swimming, but my main sport was climbing (specifically bouldering). I would
describe myself and a super keen amateur- I really just want to do something I
enjoy, but to push myself to do it as well as I can.
Since the injury I’ve been
doing physio (a whole lot of squats) and waiting for surgery. I have regained
full range of movement in my knee and can once again touch my toes, but I can’t
do much in the way of really stretching my legs without ‘popping’ my knee out
of place.
I also can’t crouch down
onto my heels, and a butterfly stretch is ridiculously painful.
Despite the increasing
strength I have in my leg muscles I have some clicking and catching as if
something is stuck in the cogs and occasional wobbles in my knee. I also have a
bruised feeling on the inside of my knee whenever I walk further than the
shortest of distances.
In addition, I don’t have a
huge amount of stability and I still am not able to do anything involving
jumping and/ or twisting.
Tomorrow is the day I have
surgery. I’m fairly apprehensive since I’ve not had surgery before and I’m not
great with hospitals, needles, or any of that medical stuff (passing out having
my blood taken as part of the pre-surgery assessment was probably not the best
start).
I’m hoping to document my
path back to being able to climb again.
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