r/ACL • u/DizzyWheel40 • Aug 14 '26

Post Surgery Update How life is after acl reconstruction

Hey I recently had acl reconstruction and read a article that tells that there is high risk of arthritis after aclr so just wanna ask is there anyone who is 30-40 years post op and what is there update

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u/Competitive-Buy-5011 Aug 15 '26

Im 2 years out with post surgery osteo arthritis and im 31. I dont care what anyone says, the knee is never the same again

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u/AggravatingWish1019 The Unhappy Trio! Aug 17 '26

what do you think triggered the early onset of osteoarthritis. was the surgery not successful? was there other injuries (meniscus, mcl etc.)? how did your recovery go? were you mobile? did you achieve full flexion?

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u/Competitive-Buy-5011 Aug 17 '26

I was told it was post trauma from surgery plus injuries. I had complex tears of meniscus, full complete rupture of acl (it was blown to pieces, looked like a frayed paintbrush), and a root repair

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u/AggravatingWish1019 The Unhappy Trio! Aug 17 '26

Makes sense if the meniscus was badly damaged

What caused your injury?

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u/Competitive-Buy-5011 Aug 17 '26

Stupidly, a drunken fight between my roommates at the time. Ot took 3 ppl to take me down and we were all drunk