Microfracture questions/ fears I am a young, 26 year old female who previously weighed in at 300lbs, now five years later I am 130lbs lighter and basically live in the gym. I had horrible knee pain and the MRI showed a torn meniscis so I decided to have surgery. When I woke up, I was told that I had microfracture surgery and was unable to bear weight for 6 weeks. I was heart broken. I had no idea going into surgery that this was even a possibility. Now it has been almost three weeks on crutches. I am miserable, still have limited movement and some swelling and pain. I decided I was sick of the crutches and was going to try to walk and I did for a little bit but then got too scared. I don't want to ever have this surgery again and I want to be able to be back in the gym as soon as possible. Can anyone please give me advise on this? Am I screwed forever now? Is there anything that I can do to ensure that things will be ok? Every blog I read about this type of surgery is negative and never ending. From: Sarah Bardwell - s_bardwell_s@yahoo.com Story Categories UPDATED STORIES CATEGORIES   Apr. 15 441 ACL injury/reconstruction Mar. 23 19 Anterior knee pain syndrome Jan. 18 78 Arthroscopy Jul. 17 24 Autologous Chondrocyte ... Apr. 26 8 Bursitis May. 23 84 Cartilage problems Oct. 20 99 Chondromalacia Patellae Mar. 15 30 Chronic Swelling Dec. 10 22 Depression due to inactivity Apr. 12 63 Dislocation Feb. 11 20 Iliotibial Band Syndrome Sep. 03 162 Knee Injury Jan. 04 270 Knee pain Oct. 25 203 Knee Replacement ... Mar. 27 142 Knee surgery Jan. 05 28 Ligament damage Aug. 27 159 Meniscus injury/repair Apr. 03 29 Microfracture Mar. 09 65 Osgood Schlatter Disease Mar. 31 23 Osteoarthritis Nov. 28 59 Osteochondritis Dessicans Apr. 08 107 Other May. 11 106 Patella-Femoral Syndrome Jan. 12 33 Rehabilitation/Treatment May. 24 11 Rheumatoid Arthritis