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Message: [QUOTE="altagirl, post: 721436, member: 40384"] I'd get a second opinion. And make sure you doctor understands that you plan to stay active too - sometimes they just look at your age and figure you won't be doing any really knee-intensive sports anyway. It took a year from injury to get my knee reconstructed (Army red tape...) and I did cause more damage during that time. I could still ski and run and everything, but once in a while it would give out - resulting in meniscus damage. I'd say that unless you're planning on becoming a full-time couch potato, or you're one of the very rare people who can function well with no ACL and not tear their knee to shreds in the process - you need a completely functional knee and it's worth the pain and rehab effort to get it really fixed. [/QUOTE]