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I've had a problem with my left knee for years, in the late 90s I was told it was ostheo arthritis and theres nothing they'd do for someone so young. I've lived with it for a while but recently its got so bad that there's actually something the size of a pea floating around in there - if its in the wrong place I have to move it before I can use my leg.
I had more Xrays at the end of 08, the question was asked "have you ever played rugby, as we've not seen knee damage like that for a long time" My GP now finally believes me and has referred me, subject to a wait of 6-8wks.
Anyone got any ideas what they'll do? I'm only 38, i'm not sure I want a new knee but I think I need one
I had more Xrays at the end of 08, the question was asked "have you ever played rugby, as we've not seen knee damage like that for a long time" My GP now finally believes me and has referred me, subject to a wait of 6-8wks.
Anyone got any ideas what they'll do? I'm only 38, i'm not sure I want a new knee but I think I need one
A friend of mine has just had an op after they found some calcium bits floating around in his knee.
He had an operation under a local and they removed it. 6 weeks later and he is just about ready to go back to work. He was a big rugby player too.
After the first few days he was walking using a stick.
He had an operation under a local and they removed it. 6 weeks later and he is just about ready to go back to work. He was a big rugby player too.
After the first few days he was walking using a stick.
Dad had surgey on his knee in the Autumn - hes a fit guy for his age (50) but had damaged the cartilage between the upper and lower leg - where it squishes out of its little pocket and leaves bone and bone.
Very little to show externally for such invasive surgery, just two tiny keyholes. They go in, clean it all up, push everything back where it should be, remove the extra, and sew it up.
From what I can work out, it takes time to recover, but once up to strength its pretty much as good as new.
Very little to show externally for such invasive surgery, just two tiny keyholes. They go in, clean it all up, push everything back where it should be, remove the extra, and sew it up.
From what I can work out, it takes time to recover, but once up to strength its pretty much as good as new.
A couple of years ago my dad had an infected bursa on his knee, required a stint in hospital, the removal of his knee cap and the wound scraping clean daily. Looked like a kebab with extra chilli during the treatment. Although it didn't seem to bother him too much, apparently the morphine is good s
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Here's a pic of an infected Elbow bursa (pre op)
t!Here's a pic of an infected Elbow bursa (pre op)
My son had something a bit similair.
Apparently (so the story goes- and its fits with tall atheletic types) when you are about 16 years old you often get a final spurt of growth. You suddenly grow that bit taller and then fill out. If your growth spurt is rapid, then the blood supply cant cope with keeping blood supplied to your kneecap, which as a floatingbit of bone has no direct dlood feed to keep it fed.
The bone gets a bit porous and bits flake off, making it like arthritus. These bone particles float round and get jammed in between your other bits, seizing them up.
Happened to my son and at age 19 went into the local MRSA incubation clinic to have a hole poked in the side of his leg and the bits vacuumed out. He was as out by teatime and as right as rain in a week.
It maybe you have a similair issue. Smack your dopey GP.
Apparently (so the story goes- and its fits with tall atheletic types) when you are about 16 years old you often get a final spurt of growth. You suddenly grow that bit taller and then fill out. If your growth spurt is rapid, then the blood supply cant cope with keeping blood supplied to your kneecap, which as a floatingbit of bone has no direct dlood feed to keep it fed.
The bone gets a bit porous and bits flake off, making it like arthritus. These bone particles float round and get jammed in between your other bits, seizing them up.
Happened to my son and at age 19 went into the local MRSA incubation clinic to have a hole poked in the side of his leg and the bits vacuumed out. He was as out by teatime and as right as rain in a week.
It maybe you have a similair issue. Smack your dopey GP.
My son had something a bit similair.
Apparently (so the story goes- and its fits with tall atheletic types) when you are about 16 years old you often get a final spurt of growth. You suddenly grow that bit taller and then fill out. If your growth spurt is rapid, then the blood supply cant cope with keeping blood supplied to your kneecap, which as a floatingbit of bone has no direct dlood feed to keep it fed.
The bone gets a bit porous and bits flake off, making it like arthritus. These bone particles float round and get jammed in between your other bits, seizing them up.
Happened to my son and at age 19 went into the local MRSA incubation clinic to have a hole poked in the side of his leg and the bits vacuumed out. He was as out by teatime and as right as rain in a week.
It maybe you have a similair issue. Smack your dopey GP.
Apparently (so the story goes- and its fits with tall atheletic types) when you are about 16 years old you often get a final spurt of growth. You suddenly grow that bit taller and then fill out. If your growth spurt is rapid, then the blood supply cant cope with keeping blood supplied to your kneecap, which as a floatingbit of bone has no direct dlood feed to keep it fed.
The bone gets a bit porous and bits flake off, making it like arthritus. These bone particles float round and get jammed in between your other bits, seizing them up.
Happened to my son and at age 19 went into the local MRSA incubation clinic to have a hole poked in the side of his leg and the bits vacuumed out. He was as out by teatime and as right as rain in a week.
It maybe you have a similair issue. Smack your dopey GP.
My son had something a bit similair.
Apparently (so the story goes- and its fits with tall atheletic types) when you are about 16 years old you often get a final spurt of growth. You suddenly grow that bit taller and then fill out. If your growth spurt is rapid, then the blood supply cant cope with keeping blood supplied to your kneecap, which as a floatingbit of bone has no direct dlood feed to keep it fed.
The bone gets a bit porous and bits flake off, making it like arthritus. These bone particles float round and get jammed in between your other bits, seizing them up.
Happened to my son and at age 19 went into the local MRSA incubation clinic to have a hole poked in the side of his leg and the bits vacuumed out. He was as out by teatime and as right as rain in a week.
It maybe you have a similair issue. Smack your dopey GP.
Apparently (so the story goes- and its fits with tall atheletic types) when you are about 16 years old you often get a final spurt of growth. You suddenly grow that bit taller and then fill out. If your growth spurt is rapid, then the blood supply cant cope with keeping blood supplied to your kneecap, which as a floatingbit of bone has no direct dlood feed to keep it fed.
The bone gets a bit porous and bits flake off, making it like arthritus. These bone particles float round and get jammed in between your other bits, seizing them up.
Happened to my son and at age 19 went into the local MRSA incubation clinic to have a hole poked in the side of his leg and the bits vacuumed out. He was as out by teatime and as right as rain in a week.
It maybe you have a similair issue. Smack your dopey GP.
I had a complete right knee replacement on December 12th, came home on Tuesday 16th on crutches and was managing without the crutches by the weekend other than using one for stairs only. Week later I was going upstairs without crutch left/right, left/right instead of left, left, left and driving too.
Surgeon said they're good for 30 years now.
Going back for a left one soon
Surgeon said they're good for 30 years now.
Going back for a left one soon
Edited by Robin Hood on Thursday 22 January 17:20
Robin Hood said:
I had a complete right knee replacement on December 12th, came home on Tuesday 16th on crutches and was managing without the crutches by the weekend other than using one for stairs only. Week later I was going upstairs without crutch left/right, left/right instead of left, left, left and driving too.
Surgeon said they're good for 30 years now.
Going back for a left one soon
Thats encouraging, good luck with the left one. Surgeon said they're good for 30 years now.
Going back for a left one soon
And to confirm, i've never played any rugby or done any sort of exercise that would knacker it
I had a arthroscopy in March last year to address a suspected rupture ACL, this was followning a drinking and skiing injury (not related). The MRI scan showed a possible partial rupture with bit floating around the knee. The result of the surgery was the the ACL was partially ruptured so they left that as opposed to repairing it, the actual medial ligament was completely gone and all the cartiledge (sp) was missing from 2/3 of the u/e of the patella. Following the removal of the bit and physio I have complete movement back and knee stability, but will have to wear a patella support when skiing. The surgeon has said that should the knee cap give me any more gip then they can promote the growing of cartiledge on the u/s of the knee, it sounds like they needle into the bone until blood flow is started, this eventually leads to new cartiledge forming on the bone in question. Only problem is not being able to weight bear for a while.
I was driving within 6 weeks and that was only because I had had my menisuc repaired, I have a few other mates who drove home following there arthroscopys.
If you have private medical care use, also ask the specialist how many knees he has actually worked on!
Lots of information on http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/
It would appear that vron above is handy with the old scalpels!
I was driving within 6 weeks and that was only because I had had my menisuc repaired, I have a few other mates who drove home following there arthroscopys.
If you have private medical care use, also ask the specialist how many knees he has actually worked on!
Lots of information on http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/
It would appear that vron above is handy with the old scalpels!
Had a knee arthroscopy last monday mate, fell over at work about 9 months ago, havent been able to run or straighten it since. They found a tear in the soft tissue behind my patella, which the removed.
My knee is no better now than it was before the op, seeing my consultant on 23rd feb.
My knee is no better now than it was before the op, seeing my consultant on 23rd feb.
pies1981 said:
Had a knee arthroscopy last monday mate, fell over at work about 9 months ago, havent been able to run or straighten it since. They found a tear in the soft tissue behind my patella, which the removed.
My knee is no better now than it was before the op, seeing my consultant on 23rd feb.
Did you have a tear in the miniscus? If there is a bucket tear in it you will have a big flap floating around causing it to lock. I couldn't straighten my leg for 2-3 weeks after the op due to the large amount of swelling, just need to keep it elevated and iced 10-15 mins every hour. I was also taking diclofenac for pain and inflamation, which seemed to help.My knee is no better now than it was before the op, seeing my consultant on 23rd feb.
mechsympathy said:
Vron seems to know what he's talking about. SWMBO had an arthroscopy yesterday in Bristol done by an orthopod named Eldridge. Nice guy and came recommended. She's up and about and trying not to do too much as it feels fine.
www.jwclinic.comJonathan Eldridge and Jonathan Webb - two of the most respected knee surgeons in Bristol.
(I do have to confess I have a vested interest - I run the clinic!)
It's very difficult to give good sound advice based on what you have said, but Bristol has a very good reputation for Orthopaedics so you are in the right place, whether you opt for NHS or private.
J500ANT said:
I'm only 38, i'm not sure I want a new knee but I think I need one
I had my first knee op, aged 12 - and in the following ten years after that I had many, many more. Now, at the age of 31 they're not too much grief TBH. My sporting career was ruined by going back to sport too soon, but other than looking after them (bit of exercise) and the occasional day when they're sore (cold, or drank too much the night before!) you wouldn't know (nice collection of keyhole surgery scars excepted).In short, don't worry - you'll be fine.
Miss Pitstop said:
mechsympathy said:
Vron seems to know what he's talking about. SWMBO had an arthroscopy yesterday in Bristol done by an orthopod named Eldridge. Nice guy and came recommended. She's up and about and trying not to do too much as it feels fine.
www.jwclinic.comJonathan Eldridge and Jonathan Webb - two of the most respected knee surgeons in Bristol.
(I do have to confess I have a vested interest - I run the clinic!)
It's very difficult to give good sound advice based on what you have said, but Bristol has a very good reputation for Orthopaedics so you are in the right place, whether you opt for NHS or private.
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