I am sorry to hear you are having difficulty but please be patient
with yourself. I do remember at 4 months post op, I wasn't trotting
down the steps either. In fact, I was just doing the one foot after
the other very slowly and carefully. I know the PT can be a drag but
please stick with it or, perhaps you are ready to graduate to a gym
program.

One of the enlightening things about this conditions, ACL repair, IS
how long it takes to recover and how draining on the patience it can be.

Don't be so hard on yourself...Take care, Suzette

--- In kneesurgeryforum@yahoogroups.com, "yoba2sue" <yoba2sue@y...> wrote:
> At least I don't think so. I still can't go down stairs one foot
> after another, I can't walk down hills, and it feels like it's gonna
> give out sometimes. I was diagnosed w/ patellar tendonitis at my
> 3rd month check-up, so exercises are difficult w/o shooting pain in
> the knee. I'm soooo tired of PT. How much of in-home exercise do I
> have to do at this point? I didn't expect to be running the
> marathon after 4 months, but how well should I be by now? Did
> anybody have tendonitis after ACL surgery?