Shadowman

For starters, I hope this is the right forum :-)

A few weeks ago I injured my knee during an indoor soccer game. I was carted off to hospital, given a splint, booked in for the orthopaedic surgeon the following friday, and then sent home. After going to the surgeon, he tells me that because my knee swelled up immediately, its 90% probable that Ive torn a ligament, and it will need surgery. Ive had an MRI, and this friday Im going back to the orthopaedic surgeon to get the results. Im only a young guy, 20 years old, and this sort of injury is pretty frightening for me, especially since Im not exactly super fit, and Ive never had major surgery. I want to know if anyone here has had the same reconstructive surgery, and how long its taken them to heal. Ive heard you can be back to working order in 12 weeks, but no sports for 12 months. Footballers get back into full on football in 6 months, but as I said Im not the fittest person around...and at the time of the accident, was trying to lose weight. I just want some general info on how long its going to take to heal, the pain involved, rehabilitation, etc. The only info I can really find on google is details about the actual procedure. Anymore information would be glady appreciated, thanks!

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Shadowman