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Honestly the doctor has no idea how bad you tore your ACL until they do an MRI. When I originally tore my ACL the first doctor told me that I was fine but when I continued to have problems I went to another one and they finally ordered an MRI. He probably did stability testing on both your knees and found one was weaker than the other. If your not doing many cuts in your physical activity than you can function very well without an ACL. The surgery and rehab is extremely painful. Way way worse than the injury. Usually you will here a pop in your knee and it swells up right away. I was able to put weight on it a little while after and limp walk. Ended up I blew my ACL and tore up my meniscus. Basically ended my sports career. I recovered but was never the same player physically that I use to be. However, surgery and rehab is leaps and bounds better than it was 10-20 years ago.
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