What after ACL Reconstruction and meniscul repair surgery?

I had undergone ACL Reconstruction and Meniscul Repair Surgery, please Tell me how much time it will take to be 100% normal. please provide some tips that i should follow to get completely normal at the earliest.

Sagar, my husband just had ACL surgery on Aug 1 of 2005. He was back working by harvest time, in September, if not a week earlier. You have really really got to exercise and go to your therapy appointments. This is a very painful surgery, as I am sure you already know. If you ignore the exercise and therapy, you will more than likely have to have surgery in a few years, maybe even less. My husband knows of two other guys who had ACL surgery right after he did, or around the same time, and they both need it redone. It has only been a year. They both did not exercise the way they should have. One more thing, depending where you are in your surgery, make sure you stay off your leg until the doctor says it is okay, and don't drive either, till he says it is okay. It took my husband about 8 months to finally say he was having very minimal pain. I wish you the best. Don't put off the exercise...I don't know how recent you had your surgery, but my husband had a pee pail right beside him to help him on days when I had to go to work and he could not get up by himself. I equipped him with a cooler of food, a phone for emergencies, and lots of liquids to drink. I had to take his pee pail away from him, cuz he got too dependent on it...lol. Ice helped him a lot. Airing out the wound helped, too. Just to be able to have the brace off for a little bit helped his spirits, too. It is a tough surgery, he only had his ACL done, you had both ACL and Meniscul done. Gosh, I have empathy for you. My husband was the crabbiest man in town, and I don't blame him one bit for it. Just make sure if you are in pain and take it out on others, make up a time where you can apologize and tell them how much you appreciate their help, whoever your caregiver may be. Good luck, Sagar...

Sagar, I am truly honored that you chose my answer as the best, considering a lot of good answers were stated.
Rest easy, and if you have anymore questions, email me. If I don't know the answer, I will ask my husband, and get back to you. Report It

1 year
1 year is the gold standard for adults to be able to begin doing twisting and cutting maneuvors
You may never again be 100% normal, but at the year mark you can sure try... a lot of people get back to the way they were before, but if you were a super great athlete, not all of it may come back.
If you are younger than an adult... then you may reach normal at 9 months, but physically your body can not reabsorb and scar down the new ACL until that point
If it had just been your meniscus it may have taken a lot less time...
Follow the PT and your Ortho's instructions
Strengthen at home once given the proper exercises
Don't do any cutting or treadmill running until you reach their deadline
You don't want to reinjure yourself
So reign yourself in until they check your knee and assess it to be "normal" again.
That's the toughest part... the avoiding the dangers and holding yourself back.
If you can do it.. You will heal the fastest and do the best.
Good luck

I had that done in 1998. When they tell you to stay off of it...STAY OFF OF IT. I was on crutches for 12 weeks after my surgery. I had 6 weeks of physical therapy. For me the total time was about 9 months to be 100% normal again. It took a while to build the strength back up after not being able to use my leg for so long.