Real Question: Surgery for a Torn ACL?

[0cs01bev]

I'M SCARED!!!!!!!! i tore my acl skiing last tuesday and we still can't get into the knee person specialist! i am only 11 so will I have arthritis bad when I get older? (if i get it) oh and also I have all the things about my knee sliding out of place and ALSO i can't walk on it still. I also do gymsastics and soccer and softball and I have no intentions of quitting. What do I do!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[Yannick20]

A professor I've seen recently on this issue, says that there isn't any difference between getting ACL fixed or not; arthritis will occur eitherway!

[jman1145]

I tore my acl and meniscus when i was 16 and they kept on tearing after? Im 21 years old and ive had 4 knee surgeries all acl reconstruction and my meniscus was torn or stretched. What cause them to tear and how can i continue to play sports and not have to worry. As of right now i have no cartilage in my left knee and i have 2 screws and a pin and recently they had to use a cadaver. I go once a month to get shots and i take 2 over the counter pills to help build up my knee. If i tear it again