Hi. I've recently had complete ruptures to my ACL and my LCL. I was playing football (soccer to lots of you on here) and as I blocked a shot, my leg was fully extended and my foot was planted, the opponent followed through with his shot and all his weight went onto the inside of my right knee. There was no chance of my being able to stand up, I've never felt pain like it. An ambulance was called and I was taken straight to hospital.
Like Schmucko, there was not a lot they could do on the day due to the swelling and the pain. They took an x-ray, which showed no fractures and then gave me a leg brace to go home in. A few days later, I was back for an appointment with a doctor, who again, said the pain and swelling was to intense, for a proper diagnosis.
To cut a long story short, I saw a couple more people before having surgery this week. 6 weeks on from the injury itself. I thought that was pretty quick but the surgeon said it was a disgrace that I was made to wait that long. Because of the delay, there was loads of scar tissue which meant repairing the LCL was a massive job. For that reason, he didn't get time to work on the ACL and I have another operation booked in for 12 weeks time. Really disappointing as it's almost like going back to the beginning. My leg was in a really bad way though. Complete ruptures to both these ligaments is apparently very rare.
The moral behind my story is I'm shocked that your doctors decided not to operate on your knee. Have you had any luck since you posted?

Simon