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Thank you for sharing this! I'm very happy for you that you've been given new hope. Hopefully this will also help you through the difficult moments you might still encounter in your recovery!I'm currently recovering from my 10th surgery, which took place only three days ago (hardware removal and arthroscopy). Up until now, I've always managed to stay positive and to keep working hard to reach my goals, but this time I find it very, very difficult to regain motivation. I've been disappointed so often (failed surgeries, doctors and therapists giving up on me, complications from the anaesthesia that left me with permanent damage), that I simply cannot believe this time will be different. My surgeons are very sweet and supportive, by the way, but also contradict each other in what they expect for the future. One is saying he thinks I'll be able to do all daily life activities without problems, until I need a replacement in 15 years, which I think is unrealistic, and the other believes my knee is ruined and it will not get better than this, which is also not really helping me. I'm 23 years old, by the way, so still quite young, like you. Your story is helping me to feel a little bit more motivated. According to my surgeons, I don't have to do physical therapy, since I know all the exercises by heart by now (and because I've done 8 years of PT already and I'm totally fed up with it). But maybe I'll give it another go with the PT from the clinic (who specializes in knee problems and, importantly, also really understands how I feel) and try to get the most out of my crappy knee. Thanks again for sharing!
Hi, guys. Just a quick bit of encouragement for those who felt like I did until today. I'm 28 and had a snowboarding accident in 2016 whilst living in the Alps.I have been recovering from various major surgeries for three years, nearly. I was hopeless and helpless and nothing seemed to work. I was told two years ago and many times since that I would never snowboard again, which was my favourite thing and where I felt at home. I continued to work hard relentlessly on my rehab and ended up in surgery again nine weeks ago. Continuing to work hard and not give up the idea that I can make it home, I kept pushing. Today, after years of misery and pain, my new surgeon has told me that if I keep up my hard work without overdoing it, and with a little luck, I may be snowboarding again in 18 months. I will never make it close to the standard I was at, but I have been given more hope today that I may make it back to that world. So, please, no matter how dark and awful you're feeling, work hard, be clever, be careful and do not give up. Maybe a year from now I'll be in surgery again, but for now, I feel fantastic and so massively grateful to myself for not letting this burden crush me! Keep strong, friends!