EPTturned out my meniscus had a much larger tear than the mri indicated so instead of just having it shaved i had reconstruction, he also did knee microfracture surgery to try and aid the acl and strengthen it. (i was only told this was happening/had happened post op so afaik this involves drilling small holes into the knee in order to generate scar tissue).
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sadly the fact the operation was much more serious than expected meant i now cant walk or even put pressure on my right leg for three weeks and total recovery is going to be much longer than the previous 8-9 weeks that i was hoping for. because of this im probably going to miss national dryslope championships which i was hoping to win/take podium, i got 4th in slopestyle, 8th in big air last year (my boots broke before dropping in so i had to do big air finals with loose boots).
promising result though, should mean longer term im ok to start competing again and i can hopefully place well in next year's indoor and alpine championships
side effect is im going to miss SCR11 and Kickstart 10 which were some big uk melee tournametns i was planning on going to, worth it in the long run though
targe out
tldr i had surgery and it was more serious than expected
shoutouts to irc, gosis mom and my surgeon for doing a sick job
