The Agony and Isolation of Tearing Your ACL in Prison
“There wasn’t enough ibuprofen in the world to combat the pain I was experiencing.”
Want to feel as alone and vulnerable as possible? Try tearing your ACL in prison.
It was December 2017, and from the onset, I could see that I was in for a ride thru B.S.-ville. After sustaining the injury during a basketball game, my knee had swollen to three times its normal size, and I experienced a level of pain that was entirely new to me and that I can’t put into words. The day of the incident, I was given a pair of crutches, an ACE bandage, an ice bag and a handful of ibuprofen, and was told that I would see the doctor in two days.
