Oh, no! Been there, done that (almost)... I tore my ACL and both meniscus (one was repairable). They used part of my hamstring tendon to reconstruct an ACL and my knee/hamstring has never been the same since.
As there was no way I was going to be able to get up/down my stairs to smoke outside, I had my 1st
vape (cig-a-like) the day of my surgery and haven't gone back to analogs since then... It's been 4 years TODAY (to be exact)!
Do everything the doctors and physical therapists tell you. It will be a long road to recovery, but maybe yours will be a bit easier with a 'bionic' knee, as opposed to my battered old 'real' knee.
Best of luck,
@chanelvaps !!!