Hello all my fellow trials forum members
As some of you are aware I injured my knee back in the first round of the British bike trial championships in April and had to retire half way through the competition.
I then left it a few weeks and thought that if I rested my knee and stayed off the bike it would be ok…
Having left it 3 weeks and it still wasn’t better I went into A+E , The doctor wasn’t too impressed that I had left it so long without going in, He took one look at it and I was back in the following week seeing the surgeon!
He gave me two routes to take,
Either wait up to 6 months for a scan which by the time that came around everything might have settled down by then and I mite be able to ride again or have key hole surgery at the soonest available date and he can go in and sort out what ever was wrong! He was very confident that I had done some fairly sizeable Damage inside my knee.
So I opted for the surgery which took place Thursday 3rd of July, so far the operation was a success and he found 2 fairly big tears in my cartilage and repaired them and flushed out any debris that were present otherwise he said the rest of the knee was very healthy and in a few weeks when the stitches come out I should see a massive improvement rite away…
I see him again in 6 weeks time for an assessment and then he can give me the all clear to start building the muscles back up slowly as long as everything has gone to plan. I am hoping I will be able to ride the last British round in September at hook woods depending on how everything pans out, I now realise how frustrating an injury can be having been fairly injury free for the past 6-7 years!
I am truly gutted this year as I am going to miss undoubtedly some amazing British rounds and world rounds that I was planning on attending and being able to ride with all you guys not just from the UK but all over the world too!
Hope to see everyone soon!
Gavin Bedford