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Knee pain and discomfort, torn cartilage, tendon ligament damage

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heathy123
heathy123

Im 22 and have suffered with kneepain for 5-6 years now i used to play rugby but stopped about 3 years ago mainly due to my knees. iwent to my gp about 2 years ago and got reffered to have anmri scan, my right knee has always been worsewith the pain andgiving way ect so i thought it best to get that one sorted first the results came back as a small tear in the cartilage so i was refferedto have 3 months physio and if any problem persist after i would be referred to a specislist. Instead after my 3 months of physio i opted to pay for some private treatment (laser treatment, electrotherapy and ultrasound)where i was also told they thought it was tendons/ligament aswel as the torn cartilage as ialso get trouble with my hip, anyway i started to see.some improvement gradually but sadly couldnt afford to carry this treatment on so unfortunately im back to square one, ive got an appointment with my gp again and hoping to get referred to a specialist now, just wondered what other peoples experience with something like this has been, and what the outcome was? Ive got a bit of a phobia of doctors andhospitals so it takes alot for me to get sorted and i panic about it all.

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    So I had my appointment with the knee specialist today and looking at my MRI scan from before I've been told as well as the small tear in cartilage its showing fluid round some of the tendons (not sure really what this means) but I wasn't told this before from my gp and the specialist doesn't think it's the tear that's causing me the problems. Anyway got to have MRI scans redone on both knees and go from there.
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    MRI scans done yesterday so fingers crossed I actually get somewhere, worried I'm gonna go round in one big circle again and not get the help I need, getting really fed up with the pains and swelling and bruising now , any more advice for when I next see the specialist with my results to make sure something actually gets sorted? Any advice would be much appreciated
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