momhappy|1428521953|3858791 said:Thanks Dee Jay for sharing. I'm sorry to hear about your injury - I'm guessing that the injury is still bothersome in some ways?
ame|1429110565|3862262 said:My brother has torn his, pretty badly, and surgery was the only option. Being that he was a college FB player, he was in pretty prime shape so he bounced back easily and quickly. I think it is worth doing it for quality of life in general though.
momhappy|1429403066|3864245 said:ame|1429110565|3862262 said:My brother has torn his, pretty badly, and surgery was the only option. Being that he was a college FB player, he was in pretty prime shape so he bounced back easily and quickly. I think it is worth doing it for quality of life in general though.
Thanks. I guess this is part of the problem - my brother doesn't engage in things like skiing, tennis, basketball, etc. that would require ACL surgery. He just has pain and now the pain isn't just in the injured knee, it's in both (the doctor thinks the other knee pain is a result of favoring the injured knee). One doctor has recommended surgery for the ACL repair and another doctor said that she wouldn't repair the ACL, but maybe encourage an arthroscopic procedure to clean it up. I tend to agree with the latter of the two, but my brother thinks that he needs the full-on ACL, meniscus, & cartilage repair. He said that he just doesn't want to live with the pain, but I tend to think that even after a surgical repair, he will always have a certain amount of pain because the injured and/or repaired knee will never be the same as it was before the injury.