My Knee Is Fixed - 6 months to go before i can start playing again

I had my ACL Knee reconstruction Surgery today and with Gods and Dr Gow's help , i had a successful surgery.

The day started very early for me ..., got up at 6 am watched Spain trash Ukraine (4-0). i was supposed to reach Kaiser hospital around 8:30 am .I left home around 7:45am , the moment after Fernando Torres from spain scored a stunner and the score was 4-0.

Reached Kaiser around 8:10 am and quickly finished all the paperwork and was in the waiting room waiting for the nurse to call my name.

Aditi and Arpitha were there with me and around 9am i heard "Shetty Avinash you are next". Nobody other than me was allowed beyond this point,i told both the girls not to wait and go home and come back around 2 pm ,doono if they did that.

Nancy (the nurse) took me to room number 5. i was told to get completely naked and wear the famous surgery gown. It took me 2 min to change and wear the gown ...but i just could not manage to tie the gown from behind ..., nancy told me it was fine and not to worry about that. She started the Glocose drip and said John would drop by and he would be the one who'll shave my leg. Before she left she asked me which leg it was and when i said "Left" she took out a marker from her top pocket and made an X mark on my left knee. i just didnt get this .

John came by a few moments later and started an electronic shaver and shaved off my left leg from my upper thigh to the ankle. John was nice and was cracking a few jokes all along the way. He asked me if he i wanted the TV . I watched "I wanna be a Millionaire" for the next half hour .

Dr Gow (the main surgon) came to visit me , asked me a few questions abt how i was feeling and what steps he was going to follow once the surgery started. He said he just finished 2 ACL reconstructions since morning and i was the third one and the previous two were perfect, if that would help.

Then came the Anasthesia specialist , and asked me for the "nth" time if i or anyone in my family was alergic to anathesia or any kind of drug for which i said NO again. "Ok Then , I'll let you have the magic liquid" and that was it , i do not remember any thing after that and when i woke up , Aditi was there next to me and it was around 2pm .


My entire body was hurting in a funny way , it was not pain but some sensation which was not comfortable.I was slurring a lot now. I then checked out my left leg which was now covered with bandages and a metal brace.

"LULU" was my nurse in the after operation room .She told me if i felt pain , to tell her so she could pump another shot of morphine .

My phone rang and it was Arijit calling from UK. He updated me with the scores which i missed. Germany won 1-0 in the last minute.

It was around 2:30 pm now and i was feeling very thirsty ,Lulu was nice and offered me Apple juice and crackers.I just had the Apple juice .I hate "CRACKERS".

"You can go home any time you feel ok " said Lulu. I rested till 4pm and left for home immediately.


Spoke to mom that evening and told her everything what had happened. Could not sleep the entire night cause i have my entire life slept on my tummy and today i could not. Took 2 pills of Vicodin (Pain Killer) which i was told to, it reduced the pain. Started playing with my Treo 600 and eventually fell asleep fighting the pain.

Finally the day was over and i am happy it went well, now its up to me how i tackle the phisiotheraphy class which i know will be very difficult.