Whining - I tore my ACL

So sorry.  What type of reconstructive surgery are you going to have?  I hope your recovery goes well.  TW  

When I had my repair done, I wasn'y allowed to ski on it for a full year. 

Be religious about your rehab.

You have alot to Whine about. Sorry to hear this.

Jeff

Also if your current surgeon won't fix you find someone who will.  You probably need 6 weeks for it to quiet down before surgery.  Some people can "cope" with an ACL tear but most can't and we have no way to be able to tell who will cope and who will not.  If you did not ski you might be able to get away with it but if you want to ski I would highly recommend getting it fixed.  I think the oldest person I have repaired was 66.  I would suggest using a allograft esp if you have to get back to work.  It will drastically reduce your downtime.  The healing is the same.  No running or jumping for 3 months post op.  If you have other question feel free to PM me

I've had 7 surgeries, 2 of which were reconstructions.  I didn't start triathlon until after the 1st reconstruction.  Since then I've done 5 HIM's, 1 IM and countless other Sprints and Oly's.  As others said before me, be diligent about therapy/rehab.  You won't regret it. 

Good luck!

Yeah I had a lady walk into my office who was 50 at the time she said "I tore my ACL when I was 40 and no one would fix me because they said I was too old.  I ski I play tennis and I am sick of the brace.  I want my knee fixed"  i said OK.  Did an allograft on her and she WALKED into my office without cructhes one day post op with little pain and did fantastic.  I dont' know anyone in Montana to reccomend for you unfortuantely.   I do have a uroligist friend in Helena who I could get an ortho name from if you wan and Helena is not too far from you.  let me know.

• June 2000 - first HIM
• July 2000 - Knee injury
• August 2010 - surgeon woke me up from meniscus surgery and told me my acl was torn and there was nothing he could do
• July 2001 - AFter finding a new surgeon I had an ACL shrinkage surgery
• for the next 7 years I complained my knee was unstable, but doctors said it was ok.  I couldn't run more than 2-3 miles at a time without swelling.  They told me that stage of my life was over.
• October 2008 I injured my medial meniscus and found a new surgeon.  He confirmed my self diagnosis, but said my ACL was solid.
• March 2009- my surgeon woke me up and told me that I had no ACL and he put one in for me.
• September 2010 - completed my first IM

Hang in there.  The key, like others have said is to find someone that will listen to your goals.  I wish I would have found my third surgeon immediately after the injury and I wouldn't have had to take nine years off from triathlon.

YAY hope it goes well.  Really no reason not to get it fixed.  Straight ahead activites like swimming biking and running should be fine for you just be careful where you run and to the surfaces....not too uneven no snow or ice.  Contraindications to surgery would be 1-bad arthritis in your knee.  2-you don't have your motion back yet 3-Still swollen (til the swelling comes down) 4- morbid obesity 5-middle aged couch potato (which clearly you are not)