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It would be absolutely ridiculous if I told them, not to mention making my recovery harder. Please help
The only thing that is "absolutely ridiculous" here is the post itself. Telling your parents you're having surgery is basically the only thing that wouldn't be absolutely ridiculous. What in the world are you so afraid of?
on top of anything else, knee surgeries don't last for ever so chances are you'll need more surgery at a later date
then how will you explain the First Surgery
oh I forgot to mention it?
I think you're way underestimating the recovery time and the help you'll need afterward - we're talking MONTHS not weeks
I had repairs to my knee including meniscus repaired, a bone chip removed, and the end of my femur drilled into so it would exude a sort of faux cartilage. The surgery was extremely successful and the knee is pretty good 13 years later. I was riding a bike in less than a week, actually before I was allowed to walk!
Pehaps not all are so fortunate!
Don in Austin
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Originally Posted by Bonnie Jean McGee
my money - you'll be begging for your mom and dad
no shame in that either
surgery HURTS oh and leaves ginormous scars at times which you'll also have to Explain.
Although he may never come back, I thought I'd interject a possibility.
Firehouse around me has Junior Firefighters that can start at 16 and do stuff like clean the trucks etc. Also, 18 year olds can be firefighters and they can still be in high school at that age... so the "grow up and move out" thing may not apply.
The only reason - taking the above into consideration - that I can think the OP doesn't want to tell is that his parents will make him stop working there if they know he got injured in the firehouse... let alone fighting a fire in the future.
People are still commenting and OP hasn't been back
The Knee Mystery may endure forever more
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