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ACL surgery day/night one

I haven't posted much about my injury from July, but I tore my ACL 75% and it was reported that I tore my meniscus and bad sprains to the rest of the ligaments or tendons.  For the last 4 months I have been hobbling around the house, work and just life.  I have had dramatic to very light pain.  I've gone to therapy and cried.  I think it was the worst pain I had ever been through.  But yesterday 11/4/14 I under went ACL reconstruction.   Got to the hospital at 5:30 am for checkin and prep.  They asked me tons of questions while I laid there in the gown under a new type of heating blanket.  They asked my at least 10 times who I was and what I was there for. Though it was a be annoying I was very comforted by this.  The nurse got my IV in on the first try and that made us both happy.  All of the nurses and doctors were very great.   The angstostliast freaked me out a bit but I am so glad he took his time finding what he was looking fo...