Tom Brady and Me!

How many of you know who Tom Brady is? For those of you who don't know, he is one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL and he plays for the New England Patriots which won 3 Super Bowls in 4 years between 2002 and 2005. They also had a perfect season last year until they lost in the Super Bowl to the New York Giants. They were considered a dynasty and still are by some.

So, what does this have to do with Tom Brady and Me? Well, you may not know this, but on the first game of this year's season (2008), Tom Brady injured his knee with a torn ACL. Ironically, it was the very next day (Monday) that I was scheduled to have knee surgery to reconstruct a torn ACL in my left knee.

I can't speak for Mr. Brady, but it has been a week since my surgery and there have been some very highs and some very, very lows. I have never had so much pain in my life. The injury itself was not as painful as the first few days of recovery after the surgery.

I have since watched a few football games and every time there is a pile up I tell myself, "that doesn't look like fun at all!" I can't imagine Mr. Brady wanting to get back into one of those pile ups, but I guess he has several million reasons to get back in there.