Originally Posted by Ann-Angelcom

Hey good luck to you man. I had the same exact surgery about 3 years ago! Meniscus and ACL. The recovery was HORRIBLE and I know your pain. It's a painful surgery. I wasn't able to get out of bed for a month because the pain was horrible and when I finally did WOW what a feeling! The blood rushed to my leg when I stood up pretty much paralizing it. It felt 100 times worse than when your leg falls asleep....same feeling, just more intense. I think it took me about 6 months to stop limping while walking and to lose the crutches completely. 1 year to be able to run slowly. Now 3 years later the leg is perfect except for a few minor things.

What sucks now is that the knee area is still numb. The skin is like dead there to feeling. And if I touch the scar I can feel it in my lower leg not on the scar itself. The nerves realigned themselves in a strange way. And the scar is still sensitive....kind of like a bruise. SO if it gets hit the right way, you feel it.

I live in NY so humidity is pretty high. Only recently did I stop actually feeling the effects of humidity. If you live in a dry area, you won't know what I mean so don't worry. If you do, you will get pain when it gets humid. But like I said, right now I pretty much don't get that anymore. I do alot of excercise and run alot so it helped heal the leg.

Best advice, take it easy...don't go playing sports for at least a year until your leg heals nicely, otherwise it can tear again. Don't run or jog for now, use excercise machines to build the muscle. RUnning is very hard on your joints. Stick with thephysical therapy. It sucks in the beginning especially doing the stretches. I know right now you can barely reach a 45 degree bend. It took I think about 2 years to get full stretch where I can reach my butt with my foot again.

Best of luck to you man!