I should stress that the decision to ave an operaton was not an easy one. I went to lots of physio at the hospital with a deficient ACL (means torn but not reconstructed) and my knee got a lot better. It wasn;t that unstable and I could run, cycle, play on the beach, go surfing, skateboarding and all sorts of things.
So, why have the operation?
Well, I was pretty sure that my knee wouldn;t stand up to any real punishment like on a footy pitch or badminton court, and I was always aware of the instabilty so I now favour my left foot rather than my right, and this has started to cause other injuries like 'House-maids knee' on my left leg. This is where you clump down on your kneecap and it fills with fluid. I put this down to over favouring my other knee...and have been advised that this sort of secondary injury may become more common...especially with cartilage in my knee joint having to do more work due to the absense of an ACL.
Lao, there's the possibility of getting arthritus in the joint which, although not medically proved, seems to be a potential problem.
Finaly, my doctor advised that with no ACL, I'd have to make do with low level activity for the rest of my life, and the instability that I first felt with me knee after the initial injury, may return unless I keep up the high level of exercise that I do now. So, when I've 55 I may find that I have to have it anyway, and the operation may be more complicated and the lack of a right AC may have caused injury to cartilage and other joints.
So, I went for it...bt had many sleeples nights coming to that decision.
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