Damn Derilect Tissue Donors!

About 3 1/2 weeks ago I got creamed playing soccer by 2 guys that hit me at the same time. Bammm, and I drop like a stone. Ohhhh Shit. I am on the ground, am I ok, they fucked my knee up, can I move, get up Kevin, don't be a pussy. I make my way to the sidelines and determine that nothing is broken BUT my knee hurts. I play a limited amount in the 2nd half and the next week Boingoingoing my knee blows up. It is >2x the size of my right knee and I can barely walk down the stairs on Monday and Tuesday.
I took the next week off waiting to go see the Dr. but JESUS, getting an appointment is a pain in the ass. While I wait, the swelling goes down. Hmmm, should I play or not? What the fuck - I keep playing. See the Dr. he tries to get me scheduled for an MRI and that is like an act of congress. I play in the next game also. Bad thing about playing soccer and not knowing what is wrong with my knee is the recovery period. I can barely make it thru the whole game THEN Monday, Tues and Wednesday I am miserable and my knee is all swollen. Thursday the swelling goes down and I get ready to play that weeks game.

So, I have played in 3 games this way and finally go see my Dr. today. Damn Kevin, here's your problem - the first MRI x-ray he puts on the screen shows a gnarled mass where my smoothe allograph tendon should be. OH, is it torn? I can't tell if it is torn but it definitely has a tear and the tissue has frayed - like cutting a rope. And, here is some Medial Collateral Ligament damage AND you probably have quite a bit of Miniscus damage and that is where your swelling and pain comes from. That's what concerns me Kev, I took out so much of your Miniscus last time I don't want to take out too much more.

Damn..

OK, lets get the surgery scheduled. Do you want to use my own tissue this time since the cadaver tissue tore? Um, definitely not Kev!!! I am going to find an Achilles tendon to put in you so that you never have to have this surgery again. OK Doc, want me to go hunt down Evander Holleyfield or Michael Vick and extract theirs'?

We'll see what kind of quality Achilles he can find. I just do not have much confidence since the people that earn that $75 for donating their bodies probably aren't the pictures of health and are probably NOT world class athletes (like me). I will probably get Crack Whore Conrad's achilles who got a cramp while brewing a batch of Meth. I can hardly wait.

This should be interesting... Did I mention that my Insurance changes at the end of the month? That's another story.