Dr Tells Me I'm Getting Surgery For Knee
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Not suggesting, TELLING me.
I am a 52 year old male who is active with walking and tennis. I recently developed knee pain , from what I believe was caused by stomping on the brake pedal of my car quickly and forcefully to avoid a wreck.
After a long walk i developed sever pain the next day.
It subsided a little but then was swollen and got a cortisone shot at my first appt.
On a follow up I still had some pain so I got an MRI done.
On MRI consult he infroms me i have a 1-1.4 centimeter “medial posterior horn meniscal” tear and says "you are getting this surgery".
I have researched this quite a bit since then and am not understanding why the words "physical therapy" were not used at all whether in a positive sense or a negative sense.
Later when I called the Physician assistant I asked her more details and she said that some people don't get any improvement after physical therapy.
I also asked Dr. about the pain. I feel pain on the left front side of my right knee but he says that the mensicus tear is in the back on the posterior horn.
I have looked at the MRI and compared it to others and do see the white mark which is typical of this diagnosis but it seems so light and faint compare to other tears i see online.
Also my knee pain is subsiding even though I did 2 full days of brush mowing in a field 2 weeks ago and played tennis last night.
Its strange , when i start playing tennis, it aches a little but when i am done i feel no pain. !?
I am contemplating whether to get this surgery or not. I don't think my tear is sever and worry about getting arthritis years later from having some of it removed.
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Oldfatguy1 alco933
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cheryl90571 alco933
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I had NO IMPROVEMENT from PT or from a cortisone shot either. I spent FOUR YEARS avoiding doctors, hoping my pain would just GO AWAY.
After seeing my HORRENDOUS X-RAYS four years after my DENIAL began, I scheduled my TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT on the spot in June.
Things went so well that I have KNEE #2 scheduled for October.
Go see what a different doctor has to say. You probably will feel better hearing from someone else.
Psychonurse alco933
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Psychonurse alco933
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sueisobel alco933
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irish_linda alco933
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alco933
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I have sees the New England Journal artical from 2013 that said that people who did PT faired as well as surgery and also saw an article that said knee surgurey is one of the top 6 unnecessary surgeries performed.
Also there is no hurry on this as surgury perofmed later had same results as those that were rushed, like my Dr. is rushing me to do.
Time will tell.
cheryl90571 alco933
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It is your body, and you need to feel like YOU are making the best choices that you can.
Looking forward to hearing good things for your future!
irish_linda alco933
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desiree42 alco933
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RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevate if you have pain.
Consider using support tape so as to not injure it further.
alco933 desiree42
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