Hey brother, thank you for coming to the Q/A and you are very welcome. I'm happy to help. We can both thank Naps for the idea of having me host a QA here! 

Now for starters, let me give you a little advice. In the future, try not to tear anything haha! Sounds like you did a real number on yourself. Im sorry to hear of your injuries. So your Dr released you to train, huh? So I would believe you have been doing lots of rehab and have proven to him that you are ready. Im concerned about these partial tears, Once something begins to rip, it can nag and bother you, eventually becoming a problem. So please, watch yourself closely. 

As for gear, I think you are on the right track, waiting for a bit. Give yourself 2 months or so, to test your body out naturally. Remember once you go on, your muscle is going to get much stronger. In fact, your muscle will get strong faster than your connective tissue. I've heard it said that tendons are a few weeks behind. So even naturally, you are probably going to pick strength back up fast, so try to limit yourself from adding too much weight. I'd go up by no more than 5% per week.