im going to try and be very concise and succinct, as i tend to ramble non-stop.

ok, i am a beginner, but a crazy addicted beginner, if you will. or at least i was. on july 4th, i was involved in an "incident". this incident led to the ER, then to surgery, then to a full length blackcast. so you may be thinking, "what happened", well, heres what happened. i was going toward the entrance of wild oats grocery mart with very samll buggy in tow. there was some asphalt construction being done right in front of the entrance. i dint think anything about and proceeded to roll right over it. well, that dint happen. i got stuck in the bumpy milled asphalt and got tripped up and literally flipped over the buggy and fell directly onto my kneecap. it was like a scene in jackass.

anyways, i broke my kneecap in so many places they had to cut off the lower portion, and attach the patella ligament up higher onto the bone that was left. so here enters my question.

has anybody ever had a serious knee injury like this? if so, were you able to run again? if you can run, is it way painful? did i buy my new mizunos for nothing? am i totally screwed? i really loved running and i was in the best shape since high school right before , the injury. in fact, i had ironically entered my first 5K the night before.

if anyone can give any helpful information, i would greatly appreciate it. i am currently gimped up without work and would love to hear any stories of recovery. i dont want my running career to be over.

thanks
mjf