ACL Tear - advice on surgery?

Blew my ACL along w/2 tears in my meniscus playing basketball in 2003. Active lifestyle to include skiing (snow and water), biking, hiking, etc and was in the military, so had to have the mobility. I opted for reconstruction. They split my patellae, drilled a hole, used a protein screw to secure the graft and applied protein darts to repair the meniscus tears. Doc told me it was the same surgery NBA players were getting in the late 90's and allowed them to be back on the court in a short time.

Sixteen years later and last week I returned from a very strenuous 7 days of on and off-piste skiing in the alps. I typically ski 15-45 days per year. I've lived w/a bit of swelling and some days are worse than others, but nothing I can't tolerate. When it swells I pop a decent dose of Motrin and it's managed.

Had to PT test by running while in the military but other than training a few weeks prior to my test I've stopped all high impact activities. Cycling (road and mt. bike) has been the best conditioning. Bottom line for me is the more I use it, not abusing it, the better my knee is and I can't imagine a life any different.

Wife blew her ACL 2 years ago, opted for a hamstring graft and is still recovering. She doesn't work out as often as she should and it's limited her to 1/2 day's skiing, but her mobility is excellent and getting better the more she works on it.

I'm in my mid 50's and am active. I can't imagine not having the ability to do whatever I want. Yes, my body is aware I've had the surgery but I was told, regardless of having or not having the surgery, the likelihood of developing arthritis as I aged was high after any joint injury. Everyone's different but for our situations we wouldn't change what we did.