went skiing about 10 years ago, fell down pretty bad, bent my leg in a direction it wasn't supposed to bend. Knee swelled up to about the size of a grapefuit, had to get crutches.
Ended up going to one of those Urgent Care places - the kind where guys that finish last in med school work.
Doc told me straight up I'd torn my ACL and started giving me the laundry list of options. Went to the ortho to get it looked at and he told me ACL was fine, but I had micro fractured my tibia just below the knee.
I was so thankful it was that and not my ACL. He said my ACL looked like a thick piece of rope and was in good shape. Knees are a tricky thing. I'm at the stage of my life where I walk sideways down stairs.
Last edited by KFWA; 01/14/21.
