Quote Originally Posted by HappyAnika
Mine was a patella graft, but I swear most of my pain is due to my meniscus. A year after the initial surgery I had to have another scope just to work on the meniscus which was continuing to tear. Almost had another scope a couple years ago but I toughed it out and the severe pain ceased, however its always somewhat troublesome. I see you're in CO too, and your surgery was in Feb, was it skiing? Mine was. You must be recovering well, hopefully the cycling is helping! The stationery bike has always helped my knee and I just started riding "for real" this spring, so far so good.

Yes, it was skiing, well, I ran into a closed rope at the Super B lift at Copper. It's a bungy cord and it catapulated me backwards. My skis tracked on the inside edges and I didn't stop until my legs could stretch no farther.

I tore my right MCL/ACL, lucky I didn't hurt the left one too! My ortho let me ride the trainer right after the injury. He wouldn't do surgery until the MCL healed so it was 6 weeks on the trainer. I was back on the trainer 9 days after surgery and riding outdoors 4 1/2 weeks after surgery. However, I was not allowed to use clipless pedals until June 5. Speedplay has a platform pedal that clips over the X pedal so I used those. I climbed Vail pass and did Turquoise Lake with them.

I managed to maintain my cardio conditioning and rebuild strength. It was the muscle endurance that took so long. It must be coming back, I rode 40 miles today and don't feel like I need to sleep for hours.

I just finished my PT sessions, but will continue the exercises. In the fall I will start a maintence program that Health South offers. Ortho says I will ski this coming winter.

My partner tore his ACL/Menicus 4 years ago and he complains about pain too. He has Look pedals with some float. He adjusted the float and feels better. He just did Ride the Rockies and the knees didn't bother him that much.

What part of Colorado do you live?