surgery is serious. i have a slim chance of losing all feeling in my leg. i have an even slimmer chance of getting a blood clot somewhere, hopefully not on the way to my brain. i have a slim chance of infection. i have a slim chance of the surgery not working and having to do it all over again. i have a good chance of stiffness. i have a great chance of arthritis. i have a ten percent chance of getting my miniscus repaired. however, it looks like they'll be going in to just rip the sucker right out. i have no shock absorbers in my left knee. not that i jump very high but shock absorbtion might be nice in the future. my tearing is "complicated" and has probably accumulated from the numerous tears over the years. i got to play with the doctor's plastic and rubber knee model to show her what i did. *twist * pop * ow!!!*



if they can repair it, i will be on crutches for five weeks and recovering for three months. if they tear it out, i will be on crutches for two days and i will be fully healed within two weeks. guess which one i want to do? but, by sewing the tear together, i put off arthritis for an extra couple of years. right now my surgery is scheduled for the sixteenth of may. it's been decided for me that i will be in china from next wednesday until early may. one more month of limping around. note however that this secures my trip to michigan!!! my plans have not gone awry.



anyhow, i guess it's nice to get a resolution to what will happen with my knee. did you know that having weak ligaments usually correlates to poor vision? apparently my poor vision isn't from video games but from my genetically weak ligaments. think of the hours of video games i can play while i rehab.