That's the best piece of advice on this thread. Also, don't be real anxious to get it done just because you are hobbling around right now. Surgeons get paid to do surgery.

Last fall, I hurt my knee playing basketball. The knee was swollen and hurt pretty good. I had an MRI a week or so later and went to the ortho surgeon a week after that. It ended up being a slight tear in the cartilage and the doc wants to scope the knee. I tell him that I'll get back to him to schedule the surgery even though I'm hobbling around. A couple weeks go by and the swelling starts to go down with the help of Advil. My range of motion starts getting better, so I figure I'll put the scope off for another little bit to see how this plays out. A couple weeks after that, the knee was almost 100%and I never let anyone poke a hole in me. Now it's a year later and I can't tell it ever happened.

Food for thought.