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right good ol sweeper
i was a fat goalkeeper thank god i never got snapped that bad
fark that happened to my mate, pretty much the same story and that was 18 months ago... hes about to have his fourth knee recon because he tried to use it too much when it was healing....
just make sure u wait long enough to recover or else you'll be four knee recons down and still have a focused knee. all the best
man...
life might suck the fat one...
but..
at least you didnt spend the night arguing with some barchick who said 'only 16 year olds ride skateboards, i dont believe you left your skateboards in the pokie room'
as you would expect.. The only response is to skate the tiles in front of the bar and gap the carpet.. Funnily enough. the stupid bitch said 'i believe you skate'..
meanwhile old grey haired matey announced 'you quit skateboarding at sixteen, you quit surfing at 40 and snowboarding is somewhere in between..'
I may be a shit skater.. but fuck me.. did i do that carpet gap in the pub... even my mates were scared for me in case it went bad..
p.s. dont argue with me.
argue with d.j chong..
http://www.myspace.com/deejaychong
he and i share a whole lot of opinions.... listen up cocksuckers...
yeah, shutdown youre right, i have a fucked up knee and will need a reco, but at least i didnt have an argument last night
dude i snapped my ACL ligament earlier this year and it needed a knee reco but i didnt want one cause itll be sore for like nine months then youll need another in ten years its fucked
but after like two weeks itll feel abit better then like two months later it should be better.
itll never be 100% so just dont do stairs and arkward shit and itll be tight so just keep skating and playing soccer
my acl is completely fucked i still skate still have fun no hammers just skate flat when your up to it. thats after the months and months of crouching around. best of luck to you son its a long road
Gumby & Pokey - interesting claims... "sore for 9 months" = bullshit. Sore for MAYBE a few weeks/couple months, however the rehab is boring & annoying, but worth it, 'coz you'll be fitter to skate etc afterwards. "Need another one in ten years" = bullshit. You only need another if you blow it again. "Just dont do awkward shit" - how do you achieve that on a skateboard??
Ian.. - what is "completely fucked"? (actual question)
Personally, I've had 3 reco's, same knee, and only 'coz I completely blew it out each time (bend your knees kids, straight legs are BAD, not to mention ugly...). However, after each time, I did my rehab, and skated, still am skating; dont do stairs really anymore, mostly bowls/parks, but street a bit (mostly really 'coz I'm old and cant be bothered to find spots n stuff, and most of my friends are park/bowl dudes - or quit!)
I know people who have neglected to have the surgery, and said when they did something wrong it hurt LOTS; plus you can do more damage in there because the ACL is the main supporting ligament of the knees. They say you can live relatively without the PCL, but still need the joys of physio/weights for counter-support...
Joel - good luck! Its not necessarily the end of skating for you
^^^^ agreed... Tried to skate for years without an acl. All I did was repeatedly fuck my medial and completely shred my meniscus - which I cant get back and makes me feel liek an old man on cold days. 6 months your back in action.
ah cant remb all the terminology but needed the reco but decided against it, end up blowing it out about 8 times in 2 years, but haven't twisted it up in the past year. so i just skate like a pussy still have heaps of fun. its not like im going to make something out of skating so im just happy to chill skate little stuff. i prob should skate more tranny. But its kinda shit cos its always in the back of your mind that you might fuck your knee if ur trying something new. know what i mean? thats my biggest problem
thanx Drew, I forgot to mention the "6 months back in action"; which can now be even shorter with the synthetic ligament (LARS Ligament) system. Do you know Dave Stefanoff (Eftposse)? He just had LARS done and was skating in 5 months (but has hurt his knee again - not ruined though, just sore!)
I had LARS for my 2nd op, was a bit stiff, but ultimately fine until of course I blew it again! Oops...(lasted 5 years though!!)
I was recommended it by none other than D.Way, who said he was skating in 2 months after it, however, as we all know, he's clearly not human...
Ian.. - just get the op, the 6 months goes by quicker than you know (but as stated previously - sux at the time). You will get confidence back (unless you are a total pussy - haha!). I cant believe you've felt that pain 8-odd times and not wanted to take care of it!! On that, you mustn't be a pussy... hmmm, maybe stupid though :p
3 words - its worth it
im in the same boat as ian, its happened that many times now i kinda just avoid falling striaght legged on my right knee
that said its probly gunna happen again sooner or later but i just cant stop skating.
youll skate again man, once it starts to feel better wether u have surgery or not, u will feel the urge and give into skateboarding.
its just to much fun
that lars ligament sounds pretty dope tho, i might give into surgery sometime next year and get that done
Joel Ingleburn
08:27 22/Oct
yeah, shutdown youre right, i have a fucked up knee and will need a reco, but at least i didnt have an argument last night
ahahah
well i saw the specialist the other day and am getting an acl reconstruction on the 12 of december. what they do is cut out the acl cos its useless now, then they take some tendon from my hamstring. they have to drill a hole from the top of my knee through to the bottom and pull the tendon/graft through the hole and screw it into place.
the treatment should make my knee as strong as it was before, and its the same operation a lot of sports players get, and the doctor who is doing my operation also does operations for the west tigers when they are injured. the rehabilitation is long and i wont be able to play soccer until 2010, (so basically 12 months)
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the end of skating for me
DIXX 11:33 21/Oct/08
right good ol sweeper
i was a fat goalkeeper thank god i never got snapped that bad
beerdo 12:41 21/Oct/08
fark that happened to my mate, pretty much the same story and that was 18 months ago... hes about to have his fourth knee recon because he tried to use it too much when it was healing....
just make sure u wait long enough to recover or else you'll be four knee recons down and still have a focused knee. all the best
shutdown 14:18 21/Oct/08
man...
life might suck the fat one...
but..
at least you didnt spend the night arguing with some barchick who said 'only 16 year olds ride skateboards, i dont believe you left your skateboards in the pokie room'
as you would expect.. The only response is to skate the tiles in front of the bar and gap the carpet.. Funnily enough. the stupid bitch said 'i believe you skate'..
meanwhile old grey haired matey announced 'you quit skateboarding at sixteen, you quit surfing at 40 and snowboarding is somewhere in between..'
I may be a shit skater.. but fuck me.. did i do that carpet gap in the pub... even my mates were scared for me in case it went bad..
shutdown 14:20 21/Oct/08
p.s. dont argue with me.
argue with d.j chong..
http://www.myspace.com/deejaychong
he and i share a whole lot of opinions.... listen up cocksuckers...
Joel Ingleburn 21:27 21/Oct/08
yeah, shutdown youre right, i have a fucked up knee and will need a reco, but at least i didnt have an argument last night
Gumby&Pokey 00:16 22/Oct/08
dude i snapped my ACL ligament earlier this year and it needed a knee reco but i didnt want one cause itll be sore for like nine months then youll need another in ten years its fucked
but after like two weeks itll feel abit better then like two months later it should be better.
itll never be 100% so just dont do stairs and arkward shit and itll be tight so just keep skating and playing soccer
Ian.. 00:33 22/Oct/08
my acl is completely fucked i still skate still have fun no hammers just skate flat when your up to it. thats after the months and months of crouching around. best of luck to you son its a long road
Ti Coleing 01:03 22/Oct/08
Gumby & Pokey - interesting claims... "sore for 9 months" = bullshit. Sore for MAYBE a few weeks/couple months, however the rehab is boring & annoying, but worth it, 'coz you'll be fitter to skate etc afterwards. "Need another one in ten years" = bullshit. You only need another if you blow it again. "Just dont do awkward shit" - how do you achieve that on a skateboard??
Ian.. - what is "completely fucked"? (actual question)
Personally, I've had 3 reco's, same knee, and only 'coz I completely blew it out each time (bend your knees kids, straight legs are BAD, not to mention ugly...). However, after each time, I did my rehab, and skated, still am skating; dont do stairs really anymore, mostly bowls/parks, but street a bit (mostly really 'coz I'm old and cant be bothered to find spots n stuff, and most of my friends are park/bowl dudes - or quit!)
I know people who have neglected to have the surgery, and said when they did something wrong it hurt LOTS; plus you can do more damage in there because the ACL is the main supporting ligament of the knees. They say you can live relatively without the PCL, but still need the joys of physio/weights for counter-support...
Joel - good luck! Its not necessarily the end of skating for you
drew 01:08 22/Oct/08
^^^^ agreed... Tried to skate for years without an acl. All I did was repeatedly fuck my medial and completely shred my meniscus - which I cant get back and makes me feel liek an old man on cold days. 6 months your back in action.
Ian.. 01:53 22/Oct/08
ah cant remb all the terminology but needed the reco but decided against it, end up blowing it out about 8 times in 2 years, but haven't twisted it up in the past year. so i just skate like a pussy still have heaps of fun. its not like im going to make something out of skating so im just happy to chill skate little stuff. i prob should skate more tranny. But its kinda shit cos its always in the back of your mind that you might fuck your knee if ur trying something new. know what i mean? thats my biggest problem
Ti Coleing 01:55 22/Oct/08
thanx Drew, I forgot to mention the "6 months back in action"; which can now be even shorter with the synthetic ligament (LARS Ligament) system. Do you know Dave Stefanoff (Eftposse)? He just had LARS done and was skating in 5 months (but has hurt his knee again - not ruined though, just sore!)
I had LARS for my 2nd op, was a bit stiff, but ultimately fine until of course I blew it again! Oops...(lasted 5 years though!!)
I was recommended it by none other than D.Way, who said he was skating in 2 months after it, however, as we all know, he's clearly not human...
Ti Coleing 02:02 22/Oct/08
Ian.. - just get the op, the 6 months goes by quicker than you know (but as stated previously - sux at the time). You will get confidence back (unless you are a total pussy - haha!). I cant believe you've felt that pain 8-odd times and not wanted to take care of it!! On that, you mustn't be a pussy... hmmm, maybe stupid though :p
3 words - its worth it
SORG 02:43 22/Oct/08
im in the same boat as ian, its happened that many times now i kinda just avoid falling striaght legged on my right knee
that said its probly gunna happen again sooner or later but i just cant stop skating.
youll skate again man, once it starts to feel better wether u have surgery or not, u will feel the urge and give into skateboarding.
its just to much fun
that lars ligament sounds pretty dope tho, i might give into surgery sometime next year and get that done
Geithner 06:43 22/Oct/08
Joel Ingleburn
08:27 22/Oct
yeah, shutdown youre right, i have a fucked up knee and will need a reco, but at least i didnt have an argument last night
ahahah
Joel Ingleburn 07:47 29/Oct/08
well i saw the specialist the other day and am getting an acl reconstruction on the 12 of december. what they do is cut out the acl cos its useless now, then they take some tendon from my hamstring. they have to drill a hole from the top of my knee through to the bottom and pull the tendon/graft through the hole and screw it into place.
the treatment should make my knee as strong as it was before, and its the same operation a lot of sports players get, and the doctor who is doing my operation also does operations for the west tigers when they are injured. the rehabilitation is long and i wont be able to play soccer until 2010, (so basically 12 months)
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