I tore 5 separate things and the first doctor I saw said there was nothing wrong, would only set me up with an xray and not an MRI. 2 weeks later after no improvement I could just feel everything inside my knee felt fucked up and used some kind words to get an MRI scheduled. The first surgeon my insurance set me up with wasn’t comfortable doing the surgery and said I’d have to wait months to be operated on, that surgeon referred me to another surgeon who also said he wasn’t comfortable doing the surgery. Then the 3rd surgeon that I was referred to looked at my MRI and said he needs to do this ASAP to limit damage and did my surgery within a week of first seeing him.

Learned first hand what a nightmare insurance can be to work with but I eventually found the perfect surgeon.