Soooooo, here's the update.

After seeing a number of doctors I was strongly encouraged to get the stretched out ACL fixed... Which I did on May 19th. Same leg hamstring graft.
The guy who did it...

Massive improvement. The swelling has disappeared completely and there is no new swelling after working out on the spinning bike for an hour.
Walking stairs is almost back to normal, at least going...

I didn't get a replacement. They did the "headling response" method. twice. So it's still the original ligament. Both times it didn't tear, but was torn off the femur. So they drilled holes into the...

Similar story here. After having my left ACL reattached two times now, it is stretched quite a bit and about 8-10mm longer that the one on the other side. MRI confirmed that it's there. Funny thing...

I'm on Suplasyn now (which is the same as Suparts or Synvisc), getting 1 injection every week for 5 weeks. One more to go next week.
I've been told that it might take as long as 4 weeks after the...

Just got back from the MRI session.

Radiologist says the swelling (which I had for over a week now) is because of the damaged articular cartilage on my femur behind my patella. See image:
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you're sooo right.

pain in the VMO disappeared completely after the daily routine of stretching and (70%) skiing with a brace, although I guess the brace is mainly for my head and not the knee.
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As nobody else (docs, physios) came up with a good explanation, I'd like to try here:

In Feb, I had the second ACL tear on the same leg while tomahawking with my ski still attached to my boot. It...