Torn acl and meniscus

My name is Kate and I tore my ACL and meniscus. It all start when I was playing a game of kickball with a group of friends. As I was running to third base, my knee went inwards and I heard a popping sound. As a result, I had a extreremly hard time walking around. Although there was a lot of pain, my knee did not swell very much. I really did not think that the injury was that bad, so I refused to go to the emergency room. After about a week, I was able to walk normally on my knee again. I would only get a sharp pain every now and then. Then about a month later, I was messing around with a group friends by the pool and i tripped. My knee went inwards and only this time I heard an extremly loud POP. All I remeber was grabbing on to my knee screaming, "My knee!" The next day I went to the doctor. I had to take an X-ray then an MRI. I later found out that I tore my ACL and meniscus. I was completly shocked by the news, considering I only thought I popped it out........If there is anyone out there that has injuried their knee you MUST GO TO THE DOCTOR. Injurying your ACl is severe, and skhould not be taken lightly.

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