I went rabbit hunting w my son in January, Next morning I could not straighten my left leg. Im 66yo and close to 100lb overweight. Went for 6 months like that. Was hobbling out of a local gunshop and a guy followed me out to my car and asked If I ever heard of Topee Tea. Its a concoction imported from Thailand to solve our problems. Buy it at health food/vitamin stores. I stopped on the way home and bought some. Took 2 bags when i got home. Woke up at 3am and all pain gone and leg straight! All Amish here know about! I went into store in Millersburg and asked for dirt... Amish woman said OK right here! Try it, I know you live around Amish.If you can read one word in english on the pack it aint the right stuff

More prayers for u keith.... ill put you on our church prayer list tomorrow. You will be fine.

I recommend that you get a second and a third opinion before you commit to what you have described.
See if you can find a surgeon who specializes in sports medicine.
Any Dr. that tells me that I will sustain permanent damage from being immobilized from his prescribed procedure is not likely a practitioner of cutting edge procedures. He may well be one of those Dr's who graduated in the bottom half of his class.
You need a top of his class Dr. who keeps up with the latest innovations.

Theres a warning on the fda website about that stuff. FYI

I had my ACL reconstructed and the same knee meniscus scooped out by a sports orthopedic specialist in OKC three years ago. I am so glad that I researched past my local ortho’s referral of procedure. Bottom line, second, even third opinions should be sought.
The day after surgery my post op treatment included a passive range of motion machine that cycled my knee through a huge range of motion while I waited out my no-fly time due to blood clot concerns. When I got back home folllow up specialist could not believe the range of motion that I had with my knee. He asked what had gone down and when I told him of the machine that had cycled my knee for six days he said that was “old way of doing things”. The guy that did my ACL reconstruction also went a different route than what my referred method of procedure was to be. I trusted him, he had a couple of Heisman Trophy fellows in his history of procedures.

My thirteen year old was born with Spina Bifida. He can walk about 20 yards with crutches but has to use a wheel chair for most of his mobility. His bedroom is upstairs and he has learned how to get up and down the stairway on his own. He has chores he has to do. I have a zero turn lawn mower so he mows the yard. He loves to go deer hunting and normally fills his tag.

I have a friend I served with and he lost a leg and his left arm is buggered up. He drives around the country visiting friends and family. He takes his grand daughter deer hunting every year.

I know this is a big set back in life for you but you can do what you set your mind to. You might not be able to do as much as before but I'm betting you'll find away.

I wish you the best, Mr. Keith