11 years ago I had a torn ACL and a meniscus tear from a football (soccer) tackle from behind. I was a broken student back then and went trough all the Portuguese NHS to get a magnetic ressonance imaging, just this lasted for almost a year. Then due to some luck of finding a connection inside an NHS Hospital with good orthopedy specialists, I managed not only to convince the NHS to operate me - is a non life treatening injury, that the injured is able to live a "normal" life -, but also skipped the queue to it, and after couple of months the procedure got done.
It was hard and painful...when I got up of the bed for the first time after surgery I fainted. After couple months with crutches I started physio for another couple months. Then went back to normal life. I stopped doing sports for some years, and gained a lot of weight, I looked much older than what I look now 10 years after...all my fault nonetheless. But the knee healed and I never had any issues with it, whether at BJJ, Kickboxing or gym. I never played football again though from a personal choice.
It was hard and painful...when I got up of the bed for the first time after surgery I fainted. After couple months with crutches I started physio for another couple months. Then went back to normal life. I stopped doing sports for some years, and gained a lot of weight, I looked much older than what I look now 10 years after...all my fault nonetheless. But the knee healed and I never had any issues with it, whether at BJJ, Kickboxing or gym. I never played football again though from a personal choice.