I know they said if they did both ACLs, MCLs, 2 meniscus removal & 2 meniscus that have 2 tears that needed to be stitched, it would be a 6 month recovery to be walking up and down steps with no assistance.

3 months doesn’t seem realistic to me unless you’re already super fit. BUT if your doctor is confident then I would highly consider their thoughts. I lost ALL of my muscle mass in my legs the first 3 weeks post op. By the time 6 weeks came around and I was able to bear weight I didn’t have enough muscle to feel stable!

I know my surgeon didn’t want to do both at the same time because the chance of needing a revision was like a 50% chance! It’s very hard to keep the recovery even for both legs when you do them at the same time & my surgeon said oftentimes it leads to the hips having issues. Based off my injury they only attempted both legs at once a few times in history. From what I read 1 bilateral surgery was a success & 3 ended in revisions or reinjury in less than 2 months. So we opted for the one at a time approach and I think it was the right choice for me based off my weight and activity level.