Hi all, thank you for the answers! You are amazing.
I consult with a doctor, no one promise that I will be 100% back in shape, even only with 3cm on the femur.
Did you met someone who is 100% recovered?
I've met with 13 patients either in person or over skype.
All said they are happy, but the #1 complaint concerning recovery was decreased ability to do extreme sports. Some examples were volleyball, bmx, skateboarding, and mountain bike racing. Not that they couldn't do these things, but that their abilities were diminished (sometimes greatly)
Both on this forum and with the in real life patients, I've heard the "football" analogy quite a bit. They likened it to a football player that played at a good level, gets injured, and then can still play post injury, but not at their previous level/ability. So not sitting on the bench, but less valuable of a player. (no one brought up dancing, and I didn't ask)
I personally would call that 100% recovered from injury, but NOT 100% recovered as if the injury never happened. Make sense?
I don't believe it is possible to be 100% as if LL never happened. I've broke an arm, finger, thumb, big toe, pinky toe, and carpal bone in my hand, and even they are not 100% as if it never happened. (aches, sensitive to cold)