hottuna

Just to clarify, the pictures of the equipment at the beginning of this thread are not of stolen gear from the convention but gear that he owned and has been jumping all season. I jump at his home DZ and I know this kid. Lara is right, he is sick and needs care and those of us that know him really hope he gets well, can fix the mistakes he made and can get back to a healthy life.

Thanks for all your advice. I probably won't jump before surgery as I'm really afraid of doing more damage. I guess I was just looking for some way of saving this season! It is going to be really hard to sit at the DZ this summer watching my husband and all my friends jump without me! Grrr...I'll have to do some serious refresher jumps when I do get back...and under a great big student canopy till I know I can land my new knee safely! So much for that brand new rig I just bought that I only got to jump once!

PrairieDoug, where did your new acl's come from? hamstring? patella? is recovery time quicker with one over the other?

I tore my ACL a few weeks ago and am very upset that it happened just before the season gets started here in the north. I'm wondering if there is anyone out there that jumps without an ACL. I've heard mixed messages about how active one can be without an ACL. I'm wondering if I should just jump this season without it and get it repaired next winter or if I should have the surgery now and blow this whole season. I have 117 jumps right now (112 all done last season). Anyone out there have a similar experience?