Happy M-Day 2.0 to me.  It's been one year, and a week, since my meniscus transplant revision.  This one was easy from the outset, and while there were little bumps in the road to recovery, nothing was too difficult.  While I have not returned to contact sports yet, and maybe never again since I'm 44, I feel like my knee would not be a problem.  It's pain free, doesn't pop, lock or give out, and feels as good as ever.  I'm not interested in doing it again, so I'm really considering throttling down a bit (i.e. retiring from ice hockey), but not everything.  I spent time this summer hiking in Tahoe, walking all over the Greece, and generally returning to anything and everything I wanted.  Yoga is a passion, and I've been able to do just about everything I'm willing to try.  Recovery, for me, is just what I wanted it to be.

I had 7 great years with my last one, and I'm hopeful to get even more out of this one. I'm diligently working out, getting ready to start mountain biking (I don't ride in the summer much...too hot here), and was able return to working out with no restrictions.  

The best part of recovery was returning to coach my youth football team one last year before they move on to high school.  Dr. Stone and his team put me back together once again, and that allowed me to return to my passion for coaching kids. The picture above is celebrating a TD with my QB (my son), and it's worth every minute of surgery, recovery pain, and rehab!

As always, feel free to email me questions...heal well my friends.