Timeline question
Hi, I'm new to posting on Reddit, but I recently tore my ACL and I'm having a lot of anxiety about how slowly it seems to be taking to get to the surgery (& recovery) part of this. Is this a normal time frame between injury and surgery? My coworkers seem to be rather outraged on my behalf that it takes so long between appointments, but I don't have any experience with this. So, here's where I'm at:
May 13 - When my accident happened & initial ER visit with xrays. No fractures, and was told to follow up with Ortho.
May 19 - Initial Ortho exam. They thought maybe it was a sprain, but was told to rest, keep the brace on and come back in 2 weeks.
June 3 - Second Ortho visit. There was some reduction in pain by now, but I couldn't bend my leg far without feeling pain and resistance. More serious injury than a sprain now suspected. They put the order in for an MRI.
June 30 - MRI appointment.
I got a call the next day from Ortho to say that I tore my ACL, but before I could ask any follow up questions they told me that I needed to go in for an ultrasound for a potential blood clot, for which I am now on blood thinners.
I checked my patient portal online to see that they finally uploaded the MRI notes, and from googling most of the terms, I think it showed that I fully tore my ACL, have a bone bruise, and a mild sprain to another ligament. Didn't tear my meniscus, but it apparently has some mild signs of trauma too.
My next visit with Ortho isn't until July 28th, and from what I understand is just the "next steps" appointment, although it is with the surgeon this time. But I've been given no indication of when (or if) surgery is happening, or whether or not I should even still be wearing my leg brace! I'm also still using crutches because I can't put much weight on it yet. I can hobble a few steps, but not much more and it starts to hurt a lot. I understand that they were primarily concerned with the blood clot while they called me with my MRI results, but I've been in limbo for 1.5 months now, and still can't fully straighten my leg or get it to even bend to 90 degrees. So, keeping with the current timeline, the soonest I can probably expect surgery is possibly mid-August, (If being on blood thinners doesn't put it out even further) 3 months after my initial injury.
I know I can't control scheduling if my local hospital is that far booked out, but can anyone tell me how common this length of time is, waiting for surgery? I have my regular yearly checkup next week with my PCP, so I'm hoping they can at least confirm if I should still have my leg braced or if I should be in PT already. I am so frustrated by all of this! If you read this far, thank you for reading, and any advice is appreciated.