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GALE!!! I was worried about you kiddo! I'm glad you had your knee checked out. I am sorry but I don't have a clue what all that is. Sounds like maybe changes in the knee structure, from maybe wear & tear, age, etc. ??? There is a board about knees or knee surgery I think. They have all probably had a lot of xrays & MRi on the knees. Maybe someone there knows something about those terms.
Geez, I hate it when they throw these things at you with no explanation for us laymen.
I'm really glad you're back....hope someone here can explain those things in the report for you. Keep me posted, & got you in my prayers.
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Hi Gale, Well when I had the problem, the ortho sugested artroscopic surgery. I waited it out and never had it done. But one of the guys at work had it done on Friday and was back in on Monday. He said there wasn't much pain with it.
My knee got better on it's own after a few months of the swelling & not be able to bend it, but the problem with the torn cartilage is still there & may act up again. I watch what I do, and I get twinges here & there, but nothing like when it first happened.
I would think the specialist will want to do an MRI of the knee, to see better as to what's going on, as xrays pretty much just show the bony structures. I'm sure he will be able to tell you exactly what all that medical jargon on the xray report meant.
Is the knee feeling any better? Does the vicodin help at all. I was taking it recently & found it mostly just made me "dopey" feeling. Barely took the edge off my pain.
I hope your knee is feeling better, so you can get around and all. It stinks to be laid up & not able to do what you always have done.
Wishing you the best at the specialist visit. Let me know how you're doing, OK?
Sweet dreams.
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Hi honey so glad to hear from you again. Well some days are better than others. If I am not on my feet to much that day, I still have the pain but not as bad. If I do alot that day, it swells and the pain us unbearable. I am a chronic pain patient because of a car accient almost 4 years ago, in which the case has not been settled yet, but will be this summer. Any way I have a herniated disk in my neck, and one in my lower back along with a bulging disk and spinal arthritus, so I am one big pain lol. Anyway I have to call in the morning for an appointment with the orthopedic doctor, I am hoping he can get me in right away.
Its weird because back in January I fell and tore cartiledge in the opposite knee, at that time they found a tumor on my distal femur, I am sure he will check that to. Anyway I have never hurt the left knee. I did though hurt it in the car accident, but would it act up 4 years later? Well I will keep you updated and I hope to hear from you soon. you are such a breath of fresh air to talk to. Take care and I will keep you informed.
Hugs
gale
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Hi again, I think it could show up later. I fell down the stairs, and broke a chunk of bone off my LEFT foot about 3-4 years before the LEFT knee went on me. Coincidence? I just think it tore the cartilage a little then, and then years later the tear got bigger. That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it!
I saw your other post & glad some people knew what all that xray stuff meant. Bet it makes you feel a little better knowing more about the effusion & degeneration. Not that it still isn't painful, but takes a load off the mind a little.
I hope you can get in sooner, too. By the time I could get in to see the ortho, my knee had gotten better on its own. If i'd been able to get in sooner I probably would've had the surgery.
Hugs Back!
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DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU HAD TO HAVE THE SURGERY? WAS IT BECAUSE OF THE FLUID OR WHAT? WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THIS DO THEY NORMALL DO SURGERY? THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO CUT OR ANYTHING RIGHT? QUESTIONS i KNOW I HAVE ALOT OF THEM SORRY HON.
HUGS
GALE