So after the last few years of struggling with an ACL tear and recent mcl tear of my left knee, I completely effed up my right knee. After a mild fall at the skatepark that weakened my lcl a few days before, I went against my better judgement and went to the trails. Long story short I over shot the piss out of the second double and to prevent from casing the third I planted my foot into the face of the third in a botched bail attempted and compressed my knee pretty badly. Judging from my previous injuries I feel its probably an acl tear but the part above my knee in pretty swollen from the compression, anyhow.
I've been down the road before of what I need to do as far as getting an mri
to see the full extent of the damage, and most likely surgery, yet my $hitty insurance and 2800$ deductible keeps any of these things from happening.
Luckily at the college I attend I am able to see a sports physical therapist for free, and have gotten a pretty good diagnosis of what is wrong with it my other knee and have done a ton of physical therapy.
As of now I'm pretty effed in terms of any treatment or diagnosis outside of my school. I hate the idea of waiting it out until I'm out of school with better insurance to deal with it, but is there really any other way?
I feel pretty defeated at the age of 22 with two messed up knees, yet my desire to shred is too stupid strong to keep me off the bike.
Anyone else fund themselves in this dilemma, or have thoughts on
cheap insurance, hell foreign country surgeries?
Should I just brace the hell out of it and do a ton of rehab?
Btw I have three more years in school until I could viably get good insurance through an employer or pay for it myself
Help me try and win against Merican healthcare
I've been down the road before of what I need to do as far as getting an mri
to see the full extent of the damage, and most likely surgery, yet my $hitty insurance and 2800$ deductible keeps any of these things from happening.
Luckily at the college I attend I am able to see a sports physical therapist for free, and have gotten a pretty good diagnosis of what is wrong with it my other knee and have done a ton of physical therapy.
As of now I'm pretty effed in terms of any treatment or diagnosis outside of my school. I hate the idea of waiting it out until I'm out of school with better insurance to deal with it, but is there really any other way?
I feel pretty defeated at the age of 22 with two messed up knees, yet my desire to shred is too stupid strong to keep me off the bike.
Anyone else fund themselves in this dilemma, or have thoughts on
cheap insurance, hell foreign country surgeries?
Should I just brace the hell out of it and do a ton of rehab?
Btw I have three more years in school until I could viably get good insurance through an employer or pay for it myself
Help me try and win against Merican healthcare
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