Back in '05 I had a similar situation as yours. If you search for my name, my responses ought to still be accessible. Good luck.

I did pretty serious damage to my knee in '05 & to this day I have about 30 seconds of kneeling w/o it becoming too painful to bear. As you say...just something you learn to live with.

Because of the possibility of tendon tears or even ruptures, it's advisable not to give young dogs cipro. Not saying your issue is necessarily related to cipro but it's sure a consideration. Wishing you well.

Vickster, just to clear the record. At 67 I was not only riding my horse daily but was mucking stalls at the farm & walking my 4 big dogs daily as well. I can assure you I was fitter than most 67 year olds & assuredly was in better shape than my young orthopod who was a sports medicine speci...

I was told back in 2005 when I, among other things, ruptured my ACL that at age 67 nobody in the USA had ever had reconstruction.

I'll play devil's advocate & say that 13 years ago I did considerable damage to my right knee & was told by the orthopod I was seeing that I was too old to have ACLr. I was 67 at the time. That being the case, I had the custom Townsend brace made & wore it when I wasn't riding my horse. ...

I have a custom Townsend brace I wore quite religiously that first year after the accident. But over time I honestly found I didn't need it, not for riding my horse or walking all my dogs. It's nice to know it's there but I'm happy not to have to depend on it.

FWIW, Maggies. I did some pretty heavy damage to my knee some 13 years ago at the age of 67. I was told at the time that I was "too old" for surgery. Your damage was more severe than mine but for 10 of those years after the injury I rode my horse daily. And now that I have back issues with...

Valentin, I suspect my doctor was a bit archaic in his thinking. Chances were excellent that although I was decades older than he, I was far more active physically. But the bottom line is that beyond some minimal aches & pains in that knee, it's holding up far better than I ever thought it would.

After I did all the damage to my knee I had an MRI but didn't see an orthopod for two weeks thereafter & by then I was walking quite well. My knee did give out occasionally. The swelling was still there but the pain was minimized & I was doing more walking every day, even doing hills. The or...

I'm living well w/o an ACL & have been for the last 12 years. It's only the last two year that I haven't been riding my horse but the knee has withstood lots of activity & done well. I was 67 when the accident happened & I'm now going to be 79. There is life beyond a ruptured ACL. Wishin...

I'm offering strictly personal experience here, Venus Sky. Back in 2005 my horse & I parted company & although I didn't have a hard landing, my knee was in a position causing me to hear two pops. Swelling & pain were immediate but I still got back on my horse to finish what I'd started. ...

"Do you know how old your friend was when he first hurt his knee and why he followed through with surgery on the other knee? I mean an important aspect would be the long-term implications for me, even if I quit contact sports." To be honest I don't know what possessed him to leave one knee...

I'll be glad to share my experience with you for whatever it may be worth. I ruptured my ACl & did other damage when I had what us horse people call an "unplanned dismount" from my horse. This all happened 11 years ago when I was 67 years old & my orthopod opined that people my age...

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