Knee Injury HELP!

mxbigd17 wrote:

Hello to everyone. Let me start off with how this all came about. Memorial Day 2013, me and my girlfriend go to a local Motocross track...

Hello to everyone. Let me start off with how this all came about. Memorial Day 2013, me and my girlfriend go to a local Motocross track to spend the day ( Briarcliff Mx in Ohio). I made a mistake in the whoop section on this track. I got out of control and gave my bike full throttle by mistake (kx450) which the bike ripped a huge wheelie and spit me off the back. I was literally 3rd gear wide open and for those on here that have ever ridden a 450 MX bike knows how fast and scary this can be when out of control. I landed on my butt so hard my legs came up to my face at full extension, my left knee smashing into the front part of my helmet and that's when I felt and heard the dreaded POP. I finally rolled to a stop, which now I could see my bike flipping end over end before it finally stopped. I knew that 24 years of riding had come to an abrupt end. While laying on my side, my leg was totally bent and I could not straighten it and I felt a huge lump in my thigh area, I didn't know if my femur was broke or my knee was broke. When I went to take my helmet off I realized something was wrong with my right shoulder, turns out I dislocated it, so know I'm scared. My shoulder hurt 5 times worse than my leg which was really weird. Ambulance took me to the ER were I laid on their backboard for 4 hours before I was given pain meds (thank god for pain meds) and then the Dr put my shoulder back in which hurt like hell going back into the socket and also put my left leg into a straight brace and said, you need to see an OS ASAP. My X-rays showed I had a Ruptured Patellar Tendon. The lump in my thigh was my knee cap. I could not use crutches due to my blown shoulder so now I'm the proud owner of a wheel chair and crutches. Lucky me.......
Next day I see an OS and surgery is set for the following day on 5/29/13. OS said my patellar tendon was shredded and that he sewed it together in a special pattern, drilled 3 holes thru my knee cap an anchored it to my knee cap that way. Dr said when he was in my knee it looked like I also tore my ACL but he could not repair it due to it having a different rehab than the RPT rehab. So that surgery is later down the road. I had my right knee ACL fixed in 1994 with a patellar tendon graft so know I have 2 messed up knees with both patellar tendons involved one way or another. Sent me home, and I must say that this surgery is very painful. I have had 12 major surgeries and lost my spleen thru dirt bike accidents and this one takes the cake on pain. The next two weeks were a living hell, pain was so high and I was stuck wherever I was when my girlfriend went to work because I could not move due to the shoulder being messed up and my knee in severe pain. I usually just stayed in bed and would pee in a pee container, thanks again ER for giving me 2 pee cups. It made life a little easier. It took me 2 weeks before I could use my crutches, shoulder finally felt a little better to do this. Also the pain went down to a normal level in my knee. After 2 weeks the staples came out, but the Dr said I needed to be in a straight brace for 4 more weeks and by then we will start PT which starts on 7/11/13. So now it's just the waiting (going crazy) game.
Has anyone on here ever ruptured their patellar tendon before or know anybody that has? If so, we're you ever able to ride again? And as far as my shoulder is concerned, how long does it take to heal as this seems more like an injury more people would be familiar with in the MX world. Thanks in advance.