Meniscus Slightly Torn-What to do?

I had a really bad tear in my meniscus (spp.?) that didnt heal for several years. I went to a chinese medical practitioner, she gave me an exercise and some medicine to rub on the knee. After 8 months of doing the exercise every day my meniscus was COMPLETELY healed. Keep in mind that any time I ran before my injury healed it would get aggravated and cause pain, and many other things aggravated it, including certain *ahhem* "positions."
The exercise is called slow walking, without shoes on (socks are OK) stand with your feet at shoulder width, both feet forward, flat on the ground, slowly put all your weight on one foot, then slowly lift your toes up, then bring the ball of your foot up and then the heel, glide your foot slowly forward, 0.5 inch off of the ground, until it is just in front of the other (still shoulder width apart,) put it flat on the ground, all at once, but slowly, the gliding part should take one minute, then repeat with the other foot.
I recommend not going to surgery unless it is the last option, it is expensive, dangerous, and potentially unnecessary.

I forgot to thank everyone for their input. I may go to a real knee specialist to see what they say. It is still tender and certainly did hurt a bit after a 25 mile mountain bike ride with lots of climbing.

A second opinion from a doc is always better than an opinion from the net. But I';ll still offer mine in the form of a question:
Are you satisfied with it the way it is, or do you want more out of it and willing to pay the price in time off and rehab?

Good question, Tony. I am not sure right now, but if the intermittent pain continues or worsens, then I'm going to reevaluate my options. I'm a bit fearful of going under the knife at my age.

SCOPE IT!
I tore my ACL and meniscus at 17 playing Rugby; the meniscus ripped up from the bone and flipped over, locking the knee or "popping it out". Had the ACl reconstructed and the meniscus scoped and my new knee is better than the other one now, and I'm 8 years removed from surgery. On the flipside, I know too many guys who haven't had their knees scoped and they've ground down their joints like a mortar and pestel and now it's like they have gravel between the bones.

A decent surgeon could circumcise a gnat with a broken bottle these days. They'll sew you up good.

If we're truly talking about a minor thing, get it scoped. My dad tore his meniscus at 50 and recovered quickly and runs and bikes now with no pain. If it really is a minor tear, scoping it should be a simple and quick thing with no crazy long recovery.

I dont mean that you should not see a medical professional, I just think that surgery is over-used by 'western' medical practitioners. I also dont mean to say that western medicine is bad, it is in fact quite advanced, but chinese medicine is also very advanced. In the case of general well being, and rehabilitation, chinese medicine tends to be superior, while in the case of immediate traumatic injury western medicine tends to be superior. You (tradster) should see both a western medical doctor with experience with sports injuries, and a chinese practitioner with experience with sports injuries. If you have to pick one or the other, I would go with the chinese medical practitioner because a torn meniscus can easily be treated without surgery.