Huge pop in my knee. Got the MRI results yesterday. The pop was a Baker's cyst. When fluid builds up in your knee, these sacs of fluid can form and they can rupture. The question is what caused them. In my case, a tear in the meniscus or worse it's detached. Can't tell which until they get in there. Surgery scheduled for September 17th.
If I wake up after surgery and my knee is wrapped. Good news. Just a tear and will have about 2 weeks of taking it easy. If however I wake up and my knee is in a brace, we're looking at about 6 weeks of being largely out of commission.
Early goose, September 1-15, I'll have to be very careful, but should be able to get out. Just a little painful and limited on where I can go.
October 1 is the start of archery. I should be scouting and hanging stands in September. That's all a definite no go. If I am careful, I can maybe hang some trail cams. But that's it and even then it can't be too far from the road.
If it's detached, I probably lose nearly all of October. Opening day is the 19th. I can't do much to help get the blind ready. Don't really know when I'll be up to dragging a deer out of the woods.
Definitely not looking like a great start.l to the season
I also was able to do all the trimming around the blind my partners have for opening week. We drew the same opening blind as last year. All the hard work I did last year really paid off. I had cut back to the ground all the big brush. So this year, I was able to trim everything with the hedge trimmer on steroids in one pass and it looks good. Just needs to be dressed which my partners can do without me.
