Recovery has been going well but a couple of days ago I tweeked the knee.

I was fixing the brakes on a car and put my leg in an awkward position and must have

tweeked it then. I did not notice it at the time since there was no pain, but the next day 

the knee was swollen.  Not badly but enough to make a difference and the "full" sensation

on the back side of the knee. 

It's been about there days now and it is slowly coming back to were it's been. 

I was initially worries that I had stretched  the ligament, but less concerned now

as the swelling I take as the body reacting to heal the area in questions, which means that

it is integrating itself into my body. Still, I'm going rather slowly now, been off the bike and off the treadmill until this quiet down. The remainder of exercises are still being performed. 

4 weeks after

The knee now looks almost normal. Just a couple of swollen spots where the instruments went in.  It is also working fine, as far as I can tell, but there is a little click on the upper portion of the right side. Really not sure to what this is due. It could be as a result of the swelling and the cut on the meniscus that they took out. I'll find out the next time I go.

I was yelled at last week at the match to put my brace on. OK. I've had it on since. Not fun, but realized that the brace is suppose to be on for 4 - 6 weeks. Not sure why though. I do wish that the doctors would explain more about the mechanics of the healing process. This would be a background on the "why" and permit one to take liberties as you feel fit, if experienced. Generally doctors only tell you what to do. Perhaps this is because 1. they have little time to explain. 2. Most people don't care about the explanations and just do what they say. 3. If they explain it to curious people like me, it's likely they may take too may liberties and screw themselves up.

Whatever the case, if I screw myself up because of lack of information, I consider it worse than having had it and done it purposefully. 

Working out is going ok. I was apparently doing too much biking, 45 minutes. I was yelled at again for this. The idea is to do basically nothing for 6 weeks. Impossible for me. So I cut it back to 20 mins.  Weights are doing well.  Lots of core and a upper body. I know that I am also stretching the ligament from time to time, but with any luck, I'm not doing any damage.

2 more months before I can run in a straight line. I can't wait. I may explode before.

it'sgoing to be OK

Wednesday I went to the doctor to see about the knee. My expectation was to hear, "fantastic, I've never seen a recovery like this, you'll be on the pitch much earlier than I expected. Even perhaps in two weeks!" Well, this wasn't going to happen. The body heals in it's own time and the difference from one body to the next is very slight. 

The good part of the visit was that things are progressing nicely and I am ahead of schedule for the time from surgery. This was consolation enough. The problem as I understand it after the explanation of procedure is that the bone needs time to integrate the ligament and heal from the drilling that was done to it.  Looking at engineering principles, the hole is a stress riser in the knee. Not a good thing if there is impact anywhere near it, as microfractures can certainly develop from these impacts. 

Some the meniscus was also unrepairable so that was snipped off and the underside of the tibia was also smoothed as there was wear and it was a little rough.  I was cleared to go on the stationary bike, which I did later that day for 1/2 hour.  Since that time, I'm on at least 1 hour per day and it causes the knee to flex which I think should be good. 

The ligament is a little tight still to I continue to have to stretch it out daily numerous time per day by doubling the knee and extending it. Weights, of course.  

The program at this point is:  next visit in 4 weeks, during that time, bike stretching, no impact at all no ball kicking, nothing. After the 6th week, I can get into the pool. At 3 months, I can start to run in a straight line. I'm not thinking any further than that point. In the meantime, it's back to he stationary bike and my weights.