Basketball injury to my knee a month ago, after a couple of weeks it stopped improving. So I called the doc, thinking, "A little rehab and I'll be fine." He ordered an x-ray and then set me up for an MRI. Today the guy says I completely tore my ACL, mostly tore some other ligament/s I've never heard of, and I have a couple of hairline fractures in the bone. This guys seems to think I need surgery with a 6-9 month recovery.

This sucks so bad, and I'm only sad about having to wear this ridiculous bionic-looking brace and missing out on my usual summer hiking/swimming. I can't even imagine how horrible it must be for an actual athlete to get news like this.

I'm never going to look at those kids getting carried off the field the same way.