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after the basketball episode, I would periodically continue to feel a pull in my upper right calf. I did physical therapy and nothing targeted where I felt the pull. in July 2015, I got an MRI done of my upper calf and nothing showed up. my doctor said he could do a SUPER risky procedure that might not even help me, and my mom was against it (luckily). my mom made me stop all running and I played water polo for a couple of months until my first high school basketball season. I ended up making varsity and I was fine, sometimes I would kinda feel a pull but nothing bad. my calf and knee never hurt. I played JV lacrosse for my school and only felt a pull in my calf once out of the whole season. a small part of me knew that something was still wrong but I never said anything. my brother is an avid rugby player, and his club started a girls sevens team and they knew I was somewhat athletic and they got me to join. I went to six practices and at my very first game (ever): I got the ball, ran past a girl, then jumped off my right leg to cut through two girls and I felt the pull again. this was the worst I have ever felt. (I pulled it 30 sec into my very first game, and have never tackled or gotten tackled. lol) this happened on the Saturday June 11th. on the Sunday, above my knee swelled up. my mom took me for acupuncture on the Monday and my lady (she’s amazing) told my mom that she doesn’t know what’s wrong and that I should go to an orthopedic surgeon. <br> on the Tuesday I got ARP for my leg, (active release technology) and it helped a lot. on the Wednesday I got more acupuncture and the swelling by then was down 90%. later that Wednesday I saw the orthopedic surgeon and got x rays and nothing showed up. on the Thursday I had an approved MRI (it was super fast) and got an MRI. Later that Thursday I flew to another city for my brothers rugby tournament. on the Friday my surgeon called my mom with the news that I had a torn ACL, possibly both meniscuses were torn, and my MCL was torn. basically I did almost my whole knee, but I was walking fine. <br> on the following Sunday I flew to South Africa and vacationed for 3 weeks, and I came back and had my surgery on July 15, 2016.

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background #1 December 2014

The very first time I knew I had a problem with my right leg was when I was in a basketball tournament in December 2014. it was my 3rd or 4th game of the day, and I was dehydrated. in the game, I got a terrible cramp in my right calf. I came out of the game, and the trainer massaged my leg for me. my team needed me at this point. I told my coach, “okay, I’m ready. I can go back in,” even thought a small part of me was tentative. she listened to me, and put me back into the game. I was in; and our team went to defense. I remember taking a defensive slide backwards off my right foot and I felt like a rubber band snapped in my upper, right calf. I started crying instantly. at that point, everyone after the game told me, “I hope you recover soon,” (this was the last game of the winter season, there would be tryouts in the new year), and that they hoped I could heal over winter break. in the past, I have badly pulled (almost torn) my left quad muscle, and I didn’t think much of the pull I felt in my upper calf. the next day: a school day. I was limping around and everyone kept asking me, “are you okay?” and I just brushed it off. that Wednesday I had tryouts for the new season with a boys’ team I played for (yes, I am a girl. they asked me to play for them a year before and because it was fun, I continued to play for them). I told the coaches that I hurt myself on the weekend and that I should take it a little easy at the tryouts. my coaches understood, they knew I was a reliable player who only would “take it easy” if I really needed to. being the player/athlete I am, I was at the tryouts and thought I could play a little, and just see how I go. I don’t even remember what I was doing, but I felt the same pull again (this time thankfully not as bad), and told the coaches I was still trying out except I was going to rest for the next couple of weeks during the winter break. I was also freaked or because I didn’t want a long term injury. I wanted to get back to basketball as soon as possible, but with no problem. I fantasized in my head that I would “take the next three weeks off, and then I would be fine to get back to basketball.” was I wrong.

(written July 24 2016)

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