Oh no! It's ACL injury!!!

Assalamualaikum...*knock kcnock*. Wah, lme betul eh tak jengah blog nie, behabuk dah.hahaha. Ok la utk Entry kali nie aku nak crita pasal ACL. Mesti ramai tertanya tanya apa itu ACL? ACL stands for Anterior Cruciate Ligament. Senang cerita urat lutut bahagian depan putus.

Figure 1 : The normal ACL vs The torn ACL

Kekoyakan ACL antara yang paling biasa dalam kecederaan lutut, ia bukan sahaja bole berlaku apabila  bersukan saja, tapi bole jugak berlaku klu terjatuh tangga, tergelincir terpijak pisang ke, and etc. Selalunya kecederaan ACL dialami apabila terjatuh dan silap landing; ini berlaku kat aku. Selalunya org yg mahu terus serius bersukan akan buat reconstruction urat yang require korang dibedah. Operation nie penting klu korang nak involve balik dlm sport, kerana  ACL nie penting untuk stabilize korang pnye lutut bile nak lari or landing. Ok paham? Let me start with the stories.

8.2.2014 (Sabtu)

Hari yg dinanti nantikan telah tiba, hari yang aku bakal dibedah. Sebenarnya aku kena ACL tear nie dah lama. sejak dari bulan 8 lgi, tapi pasal time tu tengh ongoing semester, jadi aku tangguhkan dulu operation aku. Aku jalani pembedahan ACL semasa cuti semester. So, the day that I've been waiting for is coming....

Sabtu, 8 a.m. - Aku dah berada di KPJ SHAH ALAM nak jumpe doktor dan seterusnya operate. Mula mula nurse bawa aku ke wad yang bakal aku duduk nanti. Nurse tu bagi aku baju untuk operation warna hijau dan suruh aku tunggu sampai doktor datang. At 10 a.m, seorang doktor pakar BIUS dtg. Beliau terangkan pada aku, all the procedure and give me one form to read and carefully understand what are the procedure. Setelah diamati dan difahamkan dengan betul, procedure bius nie ada dua.
     
           1. Half-Body.
               Anggota badan kita akan dibius hanya separuh, iaitu dari pinggang ke kaki. Means that, selepas dibius, anggota bdan dari pinggang smpi ke kaki akan kebas, dan tidak akan rasa apa. Maknanya, kita buat operation tu dalam keadaan sedar.

           2. Full-Body 
               Full-body nie pulak apabila seluruh badan kita dibius. Ini bermakna, sepanjang operation, kita akan lali, dan tidak sedar sepanjang operation itu berlangsung.

So, guess. Which of the method that I chose? The answer is the half-body. hehe. The reasons, why I chose this method is because, I know this is one time experience, and I want to try it, and watch how the doctor do the operation.  Sound crazy right. But it is priceless moment for me.

At 10.30 a.m, I was taken into the operation theatre for a Bius procedure. At the time I'm about to be given a drug to make me paralysed, there is a problem; which is, the doctor can't find the nerves at my spine, it is because I'm too fat. Damn. It takes around 10 minutes to find it. The tip of the injection needles has struck my back for 6 times I think. That was a painful moment for me. As soon as, the doctor has given me the drug, my legs are being numb and paralyzed, I could feel it. It is a horrible scene.

At 11.10 a.m the operation has started. I can feel the doctor drill my knee,screw my knee, and the best part is, the doctor brings a TV to me and showed me, the ACL injuries live through a cam that put inside my knee. That was the best moment. I didn't felt scared or anything. Just excited. The operation finished at
3 p.m.

Fig 2 : How the operation being conducted

Back in the ward, at the first few hours the pain does not kicking in, maybe because the effect of the drug is still strong. But, after 4 hours, the pain has started. Sakitnyaaa hanya Allah yg tahu. Tak boleh tidur. Tak bole tidur satu hal, the most painful and worst case is I can't pee. Tak boleh kencing. Maybe bius tu masih kuat, organ dalaman masih tak dapat nak berfungsi. Bayangkan, for 8 hours I tried to hold it. But then, I just can't contained it anymore, I called nurse and the doctor to do something about it. Do you know what the solution is? I have to pee through a tube. Like seriously. Ahhh pengalaman yg tak dpt dilupakan. BTW, this is how my knee looked like.

Fig 3: The knee

After the operation, it is hard for me to move, During the rehab session, thing I miss the most is to perform sloat as usual. That's what makes me strive to heal as soon as possible, so that I can perform solat as usual. It takes me about 4 month to recover back. It is hard. But you must keep on pushing yourself and don't miss any single rehab session. 

It's been a year and 8 months now and I started to play football as usual. The injury won't stop me from playing football. That's my passion.

p/s: The value I gained from this experience is.

1. What doesn't kill you make you stronger.
2. Enjoy every second in your life, weather it is pain, sadness and happiness.
3. Push yourself, and out do yourself.
4. Be brave.