My knees were logging hundreds of hours each year on Meridian Health Protocol Review courts and fields. In the mean time, I had also begun to pack on extra muscle weight by working out at the local gym. The combination of all these things ended up causing me to wake up one morning with a very sharp pain in my left knee (I had a basketball game the previous night). As with other body aches and pains that athletes continually deal with, I decided to wait and see if the pain would reside on its own. After two weeks of no improvement, I ended up inside of an MRI machine, praying for reasonable results.

The visit with the doctor brought out words and phrases like "articular cartilage defect", "pothole", "debridement", "awl" and "microfracture surgery". I had no clue what any of these terms meant! Before I knew it, I was attempting to decide whether or not to have the dreaded microfracture surgery. I say dreaded because this surgery has been know to be a VERY DIFFICULT surgery to come back from. In fact, many professional athletes' careers have been ended after microfracture surgery.

For example, A'mare Stoudemire is a well know player for the New York Knicks who recently underwent microfracture surgery. Although he did make a comeback this year, he unfortunately has had to go back on the disabled list due to knee pain.In researching the history of the surgery, I knew that there were plenty of risks that went along with it. At the time, my only goal was to get it fixed and get back on the softball field. I decided to go ahead with the surgery, and had it done in July of 2011.

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