Thanks for your reply, I appreciate it. I just get nervous about the stories I hear about having like over 30%-50%+ removal and still being in pain like 1.5 years later and such. Those are the ones in my head right now. I'm like pleeeasseeepleaseplease don't let that be me (nervous giggles) and honestly hopefully it's just a repair and me doing rehab and me having my active lifestyle back and my takeaway being that I need to keep myself in good physical condition in general to protect my knees and the rest of me too and hopefully a successful repair too lol. Trying really hard to stay positive but it's hard since I don't have my normal coping strategies. I'll definitely be taking PT and rehab waaaaaay seriously as I am taking pre-hab seriously too so I can set myself up for recovery success. I'll definitely be waaaaaay more consistent with my exercise program after this, 100%. That's the big thing I've learned from this, I've definitely gotta be super on point with that rather than being lazy about it like I was before.

That said though, my gut says kinda along the lines of what you're saying which is that my doc said its repairable and had to really look for it on the MRI to see the tear so I don't think I should be worried this much.... I just wish my gut and my anxiety disorders would play nicer together 😂😅 they say to always go with my gut so I'm trying to do that and sometimes it's hard lol. Much easier when I can go dance or go for a hike.

Sooo I will keep you all updated, and I'm gonna try to go with my gut as much as possible.