Knee Surgery

Mine took ages. Injury in march 2009, scan in late june. Got to see crap bell end moron doctor regarding scan at the end of July.

This would probably be different based on where you are. I think the NHS are running the choose and book system now, so if you have a referral you can check the wait times yourself.
Injury march 2009, scan June 2009, consultant July 2009? That's pretty good.

I had a complete tear of my right acl and a bucket handle tear of right medial meniscus last july, went to A&E the next morning after as I had massive swelling and couldn't walk. Saw a physio and had an xray that day, a surgeon for the xray results couple of weeks later.

Had an MRI in August which confirmed that it was a complete tear, surgery in November - ACl re-construction taken from my hamstring and removal of the torn bit of meniscus so around a 4 month wait from injury to surgery.

I was having physio around every fornight until a couple of months ago and I have to say they were great, my main physiotherapist had undergone the same surgery herself and was a runner so pot luck i guess.

My knee isn't fully revovered yet but is certainly better than before surgery, i suppose theres a point where there really is no other choice than removal regardless of the arthiritis risk.
To be honest the NHS are only going to be keen do something if you can't perform regular day to day tasks or the injury affects your job (mine did), so if you decide on getting cut up you might have to stress that it's ruining your life to get them to something!
Well I can't walk properly, can't walk fast, can't do any sports. That should be enough shouldn't it? If the NHS don't offer treatment then I'll have to go private and get the woman's insurance to pay.