Mike I has some good advice!
unfortunately I'm a pro when it comes to a torn meniscus, and when I say pro it's not a good thing! I'll sum it up as short as I can, Do Tons and tons of research, Not what to do, but, who to talk to. Find the best Dr you possible can, even if that's driving hours. I'm not sure where you live, If you can get to A orthopedic Dr for one of the D1 collages or one of the pro teams do it, even if it's a 6 month waiting list, get on the list, you can always cancel.
I had the clicking pain in my knee, it turned into locking. I went in to our D3 orthopedic surgeon who had a very good reputation,(a town size of 30k) and he did great work on friend's of mine. That guy did so much damage to me, I'll be paying for it the rest of my life!!! My knee locked, I couldn't walk, nothing, I went into the ER on a Friday morning, he sent me home in the same condition, said relax, take some real hot baths and take it easy your knee should slide back in, if it's not better come see me Monday. Nothing changed, They operated Monday, 7 days later rushed into another surgery do to a staph infection. The infection things can happen when you have a surgery. But what screwed me was After I spent 7 days in the hospital for pain controle, and they did almost no PT while I was hospitalized, The average knee needs 115 degrees of motion to walk normal, Mine was at 30. After 6 months on cruches, had to learn how to walk again, and not to mention some of the most I've ever experienced in my life from PT. My knee was encapsulated in scar tissue, everyone's answer was you need to push yourself to your breaking point to bust up the scar tissue, that's the only way things will improve. for 30 days, 5 days a week they strapped me in a passive motion machine and leave me alone for 30 mins with a broom stick to increase the machine when I could handle it. (sounds stupide I know) But when your a 23 year old kid and your Dr and PT tells you what to do you should be able to trust them!
Fast forward a few months, by the grace of God, while in the gym I meet a 19 yrs old girl Who tells me she had a surgery by Dr Patrick McKenzie, He's the Green Bay Packers surgeon and he's now taking walkins.(if a player is down on the field he's one of the guys who runs out, and he's been doing that since the 96 super bowl. They had an opening, the exact day and time of my next scheduled surgery at the vet clinic. I'm in the waited room with one of the Packers starting OL man, I'm thinking okay I'm in good hands finally. First thing he says, Young man, you are in really bad shape, and I'm sorry! He asked what happened, and kept saying, they did what??? Over and over Why did they do that. He didn't want to work on my because of being afraid a lawsuit was coming with my original Dr. I begged him to please try and fix me. A long pause, okay I will, I'll do everything I can, I felt like it was my Dad telling me that. And hedid the best he could with what he had, But because of the infection and lack of PT my knee was already destroyed....
14 yrs later, 7 surgeries I'm 37 and in pain all day everyday, some worse than others. The last scope I had, he said that's it, there's nothing we can do but replace it, you need to wait as long as you can.
Like I was saying find the best Dr you possible can, Not someone who does it all, knees, shoulders, back ect. Find someone who only, or mainly does knees and a lot of them. If you like what you hear, they act like they truely care, and your gut agrees,(DR McKenzie felt like a life long friend, and I trust him with my life) Do what they recommend, fallow PT to the tee, And when you get the Green light, train hard, but smart! Yoga, Pilates, core and you'll be back hunting hard in No time at all!
Sorry so Long winded, I wanted to keep it short. But if I can help someone avoide what delt with. Anyone can PM if they like, or have any qs, I'd be glad to help..
Jamie.
so had surgery for everything in the beginning of December. 
