Arthroscopic Knee Surgery for Torn Meniscus - Scoop me

MyLB
Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:22:57 +0000

I believe the “surgery” your ortho is talking about is just to lop off the torn part of the meniscus, which will happen while you’re being scoped. I’ve had this done (plus ACL surgery 1.5 years later), as has hubby (also with ACL later), and a good friend just had this done in November. Procedure was on a Wednesday, he was walking (with a limp) but no crutches on Friday. Back to work on Monday.

DS has had two ACL surgeries but for younger patients they repair the meniscus (= six weeks on crutches). I do not think this is what your doc has planned.

All that said, I’d welcome the opportunity to take a week off of work–you should be well recovered by then + have had a few days to pamper yourself.