I am a 25 year old female and I have had a bad right knee now for
going on 13 years. It first started in the '90's when i was 13...not
a great age to hurt your ACL. I was told it was nothing but growing
plains and went on with life. I had many "popping out" issues...so
finally when i was 15(1998) and doing PE I totally popped out my knee
and it wouldn't go back in. Went to a Doc who ordered an MRI after
easing my knee back in. That Doc said i had no ACL (not even strings
of it) left and a buckethandle tear of my Meniscus. I had ACL Surgery
done with my hamstring as the replacement and lost 80% on my Meniscus
cartalig. Lived with pain on and off for the next 8 years.

Brings us to now....Last July (2007) I went to Dr. Wolf in San
Francisco and was told I was going to need two surgeries to have a
semi normal knee back. First was going to be a High Tibial Osteotomy
(HTO), second I would have to have an ACL Allograph put in my right
knee.

So I am still in the throws of the HTO surgery...had that done last
Sept. 17, 2007. It's now March 28, 2008 and the four pins with the
ExFix is still in my leg. I have had a nonunion fractutre, but with a
bone growth stimulator I am doing much better and I am supposed to
get my pin out on March 28.

Which brings me to my question...is the recovery from the ACL
Allograph the same as the recovery from when they did it with my
hamstring? I know no one can really tell me about what it's going to
be like to heal from both the HTO and the ACL. But I am supposed to
have my ACL Surgery on April 14, 2008.

All of this has been done to put off having a Total Knee Replacement
seeing as I am "to young" to have one done yet. If someone can just
help me out with the recovery question that would be great. And if
anyone has questions about the HTO surgery please let me know.

Thanks
Heather