Thank you all, gosh some of what you wrote scared the heck out of me, i did not realise so much could go wrong and it was so painful to have done,i know it was not the norm what happened to you, and i will keep that in mind.

I am sure my sister will be having the surgery, she cannot continue to live in pain trying to run around after a two year old, who is very active and fast, faster than most two year olds, a budding runner in the family we think lol.

She has chosen a very good surgeon, he is the surgeon who did all the operations on the ALL BLACKS, for those of you who don't know them , they are our famous rugby team, and he has operated on her husbands knee, so they know who they are dealing with here.

Again thank you for the information and advice, always appreciated, and gosh Karen i had no idea you had been through so much and have so much to go through, i really feel for you,you are so brave, i am such a coward, i am scared to death of surgery of any kind.