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Had it done on my right knee about 30 years ago. They used a piece cut from below the front of the knee, and there might be a screw up in there too. Stayed overnight, let them pull out the drainage, set me up with an apt with the doctor in a few days, when he had the stitches removed and set me up with pt.
My pt happened to be a friend of ours, who worked my ass off for 6 months. I was able to walk without a limp, run, play sports without even thinking about the knee. My wife, whose knee was in worse condition than mine, had her acl replaced the following year after seeing how well I did. Again, this was around 30 years ago. Undoubtedly, it has to be a lot more advanced these days. Now the cost, is a different story altogether. sec
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07-12-2023, 02:46 PM | #32 |
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I have the good fortune of being fluent in Spanish so traveling to a Latin American country isn’t a big issue. Costa Rica has facilities with staff fluent in English for those times that there is a barrier due to differences in dialect.
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07-12-2023, 02:47 PM | #33 |
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My wife's co-worker's husband went to Mexico for dental work. He died a horrific death 4 days later from a bacterial infection that got into his brain and circulatory system. He swelled up so much that he basically exploded. I'm not joking. Don't do it. There's a reason it's cheap there.
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I went the patella route for my ACL repair. First 2-3 days you'll be sleeping a ton. I can't imagine traveling during that time. I was on two crutches for about 4 days, single crutch for another 6 and then no crutches after that. Rehab, rehab, rehab.. gotta do your PT Was fully cleared for all sports activities in 6 months. |
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With that being said, I believe that Costa Rica actually has a quality medical system. But Mexico? Not so much.
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07-12-2023, 03:31 PM | #38 |
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OP sounds like the foreshadowing for a "what could possibly go wrong" tale.
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07-12-2023, 04:28 PM | #42 |
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Mexico has some of the best out of country, low cost medical care.
Many Arizonans go there, especially for extensive dental work.
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Cuba has great doctors but piss poor facilities. That's a no-no.
I think they use Havana Club rum as anesthesia.
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Had mine done 15 years ago. My biggest suggestion is to write what knee is the bad knee on both front and back of that leg. I ended up numb in both legs for about 20 hours. I’ve heard horror stories of much worse blunders though.
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