Replying to Question about torn acl's

i tore mine about a month ago now and im supposed to get surgery this summer. but i recently went to another doctor a few days ago to get his opinion about it. he said that i can rehab it instead and if i worked real hard to get it back to normal then it might work. and he also said that a lot of people do this and dont get surgery including a bunch of football players and stuff. did anyone here completely tear their acl and just rehab it? if you did are you fine right now and skiing just as hard as you were before?