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Cruciate ligament disaster!

  • 15-11-2008 3:19pm
    #1
    Bluemoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭


    Hi everyone,

    I tore my cruciate ligament 3 years ago but I have never done anything with it. Now that I want to get back into sport I want to get it sorted so am considering geting the operation to sort it out. The only problem is that I dont have health insurance and not sure if I can afford paying for it.

    Has anyone any ideas?
    Just at a brick wall situation!!


Comments

  • #2
    tallaght01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭tallaght01


    Go public?

    What's the waiting list like?


  • #3
    Bluemoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭Bluemoney


    I donno just something I have to find out. With public do you have to pay much?


  • #4
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,669 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    tallaght01 wrote: »
    Go public?

    What's the waiting list like?

    It's 2 years (to get an appointment) in Beaumont. My wife got it done 4 years ago and it was costing about 2500 then. Might be worth giving the Sports Surgery clinic in santry a ring and asking them.
    Do speak to your own Doctor first to get a referral and /or recommendation which surgeon.
    Of note thorough rehab sometimes means the surgery is not necessary. I am aware of 2 premiership footballers who were able to play on without surgery.


  • #5
    Zzippy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,166 ✭✭✭✭Zzippy


    OP where are you based? My friend tore his cartilage this year in May playing tag rugby and had an operation 2 weeks ago going public, like you he didn't have health insurance so had to go public. That was in Galway, maybe the waiting list is much shorter here than Dublin. I know its a different ligament, but its still knee surgery and would be same surgeon, so possibly waiting list would be the same...
    Might be an idea to start building up the muscles around the knee now so that by the time you do have the op you won't lose too much muscle afterwards, it helps with rehab a lot too.


  • #6
    Bluemoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭Bluemoney


    Ye thanks, I will have to stat doing domething to build it up. Thats encouraging news so hopefully I will get it sorted!!


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  • #7
    brianomurphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24 ✭brianomurphy


    sorry to hear that lad.

    I've just had mine done last Friday, am laid up at home in recovery. (God, daytime TV is ****)

    I had insurance so had it done private. After seeing the consultant, i could have had it done 4 weeks after that, ended up getting it done 8 weeks later.


  • #8
    Bluemoney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 64 ✭✭Bluemoney


    Ah nice one, hopefully that will be me soon. It seems to be coming one of the most common injuries occuring!


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