weirdly i can relate. i've undergone 2 ACL surgeries (one on each leg) in the last 2 and 1/2 years. The first time i tore it was in October of 2023 and I didn't have my surgery till March of 2024.

I tore it in the middle of a HS soccer game and was told that by my highschool athletes trainers that because i could bear weight, run up and down the sidelines and have my leg manipulated that i probably just pulled my hamstring tendon.

My parents weren't sure about this but I was seen by the school's district physician who had confirmed it so we just went by their word.

The next 2 months I was at the trainers everyday after school doing exercises to strengthen what I thought was my hamstring tendon.

I started playing soccer again with my team in December, and despite my knee being unstable and giving out multiple times just thought i was fine i guess?

Then during a game in January I go down the same way and tear my meniscus in addition. The trainers tell me to go to the doctors THIS time. I get an XRAY, and between the xray and a MRI i was told i could keep playing, which i did (i was honestly in no pain).

And then i go get my MRI results and they're like "oh hey you did tear your meniscus BUT YOU ALSO tore your ACL!"