It’s been a while since I visited this blog (since I have 3 other blogs working right now). Anyway, didn’t notice all the posts and the people that I’ve enlightened by this accident. Glad to oblige.
I wanted to give peeps an update to how the injury has progressed over the past year.
I went back to cycling in December for only about a week after having to get off the bike for another unrelated injury. The leg was doing fine, but I tried to get back to cycling a little quicker than I should have and developed a little patellar tendonitis. Anyway, I took off another 3 weeks and started pretty heavy into training in January 2010. The leg was completely healed and I had no problems cycling. My sister, who is an ultrasound tech at one of the local hospitals, put the US to the leg a few times during my recovery. Each time, the residual fluid left over from after the VAC removed got smaller and smaller.
Let me back up, when I had the VAC removed, I had to have the area packed and compressed until a smaller opening finally healed. It took a few weeks for the final area to heal after the VAC was removed. In other words, the area was still healing from the inside-out after the VAC removal.
My last ultrasound in January showed only a little scar tissue, but no more fluid. So , it was then that I went back to cycling full time. I had an active Spring 2010 cycling season. I was back up to my training 2 to 3 hours a day and actually won a criterium in a Cat 4 race in August.
I have a picture attached of what my scar and leg looks like. (in blog post) I have no residual problems with the area. It is a little numb around the skin, but I don’t feel any ‘pulling’ action or pain. I sleep on it without causing any pain. Initially, when I had the injury, I couldn’t find anything on the MLL , so I hope everyone found this little blog series helpful.
The Series
Part 1 – Anatomy of a Bicycle Crash
Part 2 – Morel-Lavallee’ Lesion or Traumatic Hematoma after a Bicyle Accident
Part 3 – Morel-Lavalle’ Lesion – The Aftermath
Part 4 – Morel-Lavalle’ Lesion – The Surgery
