Hairy Dave kindly took me to the hospital to see the specialist at the orthopaedic outpatients clinic. After a 20 minute wait, I met with the surgeon who confirmed the rupture, and asked which repair route I wanted to go down - conservative or surgery.
I opted for surgery as many of my friends are ex-sportsmen, and one had been through the same injury 10 years earlier. I spent 3 days solid looking at the evidence for and against surgery as a route to full fitness, and the support for surgery was overwhelming. The Surgeon was less optimistic - he said the recovery time is roughly the same, and apart from a 5% difference in chance of re-rupture, there's not much in it.
New pot, and we will ring you about when to come in for surgery. Could be a few days, as it's Icy outside and this is when many older patients take priority after falling and doing some real damage (Rightly so)...
Just a case of wait and see...
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