Jessie's ACL Surgery

by Jessie
(Virginia)

I tore my acl in my right knee doing triple jump at track practice when I was 17. I also tore my medial meniscus and had a small fracture at the top of my fibula. I walked around on it for a month without a brace. Then walked around with a brace for about another month before surgery. I had an allograft and it went ok. My surgeon said my bones looked strong enough so he didn't fit me with a brace. I started PT a week after and continued for 4 months. After PT I had some bothersome pain. Mostly random sharp pains below my knee toward the inside or around the patella when stepping down. Also when climbing stairs or stepping up. But the most pain is when I bend my knee in, especially if i'm laying down. Its down by the lower incision and seems to spread all the way to the back of the knee and it's actually pretty bad pain. Sometimes I wonder if it's because maybe my fracture hasn't healed all the way and the graft has irriated it. I've also noticed that when walking it seems like my knee bends too far back. I don't know. It's about to be 10 months since my surgery and I just don't know if all this is normal or not. I'm not a wimp. Just wondering if anyone else knows what i'm talking about.