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I picked up my first road bike in January 2007, quickly became a Cat 4 rider after a summer of racing and was loving it. This March my football coach asked me to come back out for the team to play wide receiver, my dream position (I did not play the fall before), and I accepted. So from March to July I had to give up biking to lift 4 days a week in addition to working 40 hours a week. I figured I could sacrifice one season to play football one last time (senior in college). I just found out yesterday that I tore my meniscus in my right knee in the middle of July and will most likely undergo surgery before I go back to school, making football quite impossible as I will be on crutches and with a brace for many weeks. The cycling gods are vengeful.

I have to get the surgery because I can't run, jump or do anything right now and even biking hurts some. Has anyone ever undergone this type of surgery and successfully made it back onto the bike? I am figuring that it shouldn't be a problem but considering I still have like 50 years of biking left I want to be sure.