Hi Tillwint,
I had 80 % lateral minescus removed when I was 17, then I had ACL reconstruction and the 3rd operation was a micro fracture.
It takes a lot longer than you might expect for recovery, after my 3rd op, my knee stopped hurting after 2 years, so I know how you feel, I felt low about it. But I’m 31 years old now and touch wood it’s working out fine, allot of the correct physio exercises to stable the knee and a lot of stretching and acupuncture helped me get back to normal. It takes a while but it definitely gets better no matter how bad it seems at the time.