I know how you feel wranglergirl. I hurt my knee playing football in high school and came very close to tearing everything in my knee. I wish I could go back and rehab the thing better and give it more time to heal. But, I was hell-bound to get back because powerlifting season was starting and I couldn't miss that (not with the chance to do a bit of damage that year...you know how that goes
). I couldn't imagine missing powerlifting season. So, I rushed through rehab and now I dread waking up on a cold day because the damn thing never healed right. But I think you know that better than I did at the time, so no worries there.
Don't feel bad though, even the best have to take it easy sometimes.
Would jogging in water be a more viable option, or would that still be too much pressure on the knee? I'm just curious and was wondering if this was a type of exercise that could be used to give wranglergirl a bit more variety if she felt the urge to work out a bit.