Anyone had arthroscopic knee surgery?

[Dowly]

I believe I've mentioned it before, but in 1994 the almighty g-d decided that "Hey, let's make that one suffer abit!" and so I got rheumatism (I believe the exact thingy is called Bursitis).

Anywho, all was well to right about the time I had my first try on army, followed by try 2 a year later. Pretty much after that, the condition of my knees has been a constant downhill. Who doesnt know, the liquid that builds up in to the (in my case) knees does what water does to cars, it eats the bone away slowly.

I visited my doctor today and found out that both knees had liquid in them and that my ankle had abit too, which would point that the c********r is spreading. The x-ray also showed that the bones werent in that great shape (I think that would explain all the pain, I've had lately :hmmm:).

Soooo, as last resort, I'm having surgery sometime this fall/early next year to clean the knees and hopefully slow the spreading before the bones go beyond repair.


Righto, to the questions. Has anyone had the said surgery? How long the operated area is sore afterwards? How long does it take to be 'back in business'? Any risks (right, as if any operation would be risk free :O:) that I need to be aware of?

I think that's all for now. :hmmm:

PS. Pity/sympathy doesnt heal my knees, so cut the 'I'm sorry to hear that' posts. :salute:

[antikristuseke]

Was looking at that myself after my own army stint, but was fount that it is not nessessery, sadly, cant really be all to informative about it, since dont know much. But the only thing you can really look forward to is a long recovery time after surgery, since kneese generaly heal slowly. Wouldnt count on being able to get ful use out of your knees for about half a year, but dont take my word as gold.

[Dowly]

Yeah, the recovery period isnt really something I look forward to. Cant walk without sticks for a month, knees swollen up to 2 months. :doh:

[Jimbuna]

PS. Pity/sympathy doesnt heal my knees, so cut the 'I'm sorry to hear that' posts. :salute:

No prob....here in the UK we call it wan*ers cramp :rotfl:

[andresrdz]

i'm not much of an avid poster, just a regular reader in these forums, but anyway.

a few months ago i had some thing almost like rheumatism, dont know the exact name in english(eritema nodoso in spanish) but it was essentialy a "autoimmune" condition, in other words, my body was attacking my legs for no damn reason.
Symptoms where fluid(?) build-up in the legs, pain, tiredness that spread progressively from the calves all the way to the lower back up to the point i was barely able to walk due to the pain.

i was given a kind of corticosteroids called Prednisone and in 3 days i could walk again.


anyway, stick to treatment and get a girl to take care of you and you should be on a quick way to recovery. Best of luck

[antikristuseke]

I think andresrdz is on to something, all medical tratments should include girls "taking care" of you.

[Kratos]

recovery time shouldn't be a prob to you Dowly..the amount of time you spend on this forum leads me to believe ...you sit on your @SS all day anyways :O::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

ps. one of my friends had this prodecure and he says it was as....








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painful as hell :DL :O:

[Dowly]

all medical tratments should include girls "taking care" of you.

You get my vote on that one! :yeah:

Welcome aboard andresrdz. :salute:

Cortisone is used alot. They put it in after they've sucked the fluid out of the knee. It's supposed to somehow dry the fluid or something. Used to have cortisone pills too (Prednisolon or soemthing), but then my earlier doctor decided that, eventho the medication's sole purpose was to keep the knees 'dry' to prevent fluid building there, I should quit taking it. :doh:

[Spike88]

My mother has had it 4 times. Most of them hurt for about a month afterwards, but one had complications so she had three months of not being able to use them properly, followed by a surgery to fix the complication.

[Dowly]

recovery time shouldn't be a prob to you Dowly..the amount of time you spend on this forum leads me to believe ...you sit on your @SS all day anyways :O::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Good point. :O:

BUT how the hell I'm supposed to carry a pack of beer home if I cant use my hands to carry it? :hmmm:

[Aramike]

Righto, to the questions. Has anyone had the said surgery? How long the operated area is sore afterwards? How long does it take to be 'back in business'? Any risks (right, as if any operation would be risk free :O:) that I need to be aware of?I wouldn't sweat it too much, Dowly. I've had arthroscopic surgery on my knees several times for a few different things (mostly all stemming for football, you know - the real American kind :arrgh!:).

Worst ever was when I had to have my ACL reconstructed. Was off my feet altogether for about a week, then had to use crutches for another month or so. What you're having done should be nothing like that, so don't worry.

As far as the pain goes, you'll barely notice it within a couple of days, and even right after surgery its not intense or anything. Plus you'll get meds (but seriously, don't drink when taking them).

In any case, you'll probably be as good as new within a couple of weeks.

[Kratos]

Good point. :O:

BUT how the hell I'm supposed to carry a pack of beer home if I cant use my hands to carry it? :hmmm:

Do what i do m8..use a back pack..its kinda hard carrying beer with sticks :yeah:

[antikristuseke]

BUT how the hell I'm supposed to carry a pack of beer home if I cant use my hands to carry it? :hmmm:

http://demotivationalblog.com/demotivational/2008/08/beer.jpg

[Kratos]

Good point. :O:

BUT how the hell I'm supposed to carry a pack of beer home if I cant use my hands to carry it? :hmmm:


OR!!! you could go back to your original way of transporting your beer :D



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EDIT...link removed P/B being a P.I.T.A. again.

[Dowly]

Going under the knife on 19th of January. :hmmm:

[Torplexed]

Going under the knife on 19th of January. :hmmm:

Ouch! Good luck! :salute: I guess the upside is that recovery time can be spent in front of a keyboard.

[Dowly]

I guess the upside is that recovery time can be spent in front of a keyboard.

I already spend all my time infront of the keyboard. :haha: But knowing my mother, I propably get a five star service during the recovery time, so WOOOT!! :O:

[Torplexed]

Well, it sounds a bit better than my first surgery at 17 where I had to have my jaw wired shut for six weeks so the bones would fuse into place to correct an orthodontic problem. Not being able to speak and having to live on soup for that long was intolerable as a teenager. :D :damn:

[Dowly]

Well, it sounds a bit better than my first surgery at 17 where I had to have my jaw wired shut for six weeks so the bones would fuse into place to correct an orthodontic problem. Not being able to speak and having to live on soup for that long was intolerable as a teenager. :D :damn:

Ouch! :doh:

[Castout]

If a girlfriend doesn't help, you probably need MORE :O:. Get well!

ps: If you happen to have too many please do lend me some. Somebody hinted that Finnish ladies are drop dead gorgeous.

[Jimbuna]

If a girlfriend doesn't help, you probably need MORE :O:. Get well!

ps: If you happen to have too many please do lend me some. Somebody hinted that Finnish ladies are drop dead gorgeous.

Don't believe everything you hear about Finnish women....if they're even remotely attracted to ferrets that would give me great cause for comcern :o

Speedy recovery Dowly :up:

[TheBrauerHour]

I have had a couple of knee surgery's myself. The first was while I was in the Army...the second to rebuild my knee after what the Army surgeon did.

Good luck with the surgery. At least you will get quality time with the Stug in.

[Dowly]

And the wankers had the balls to post-pone the surgery to near future. Thanks alot. :nope:

[Dowly]

Just got home from seeing my new surgeon (I think the change of surgeon was the reason for post-poning the op :hmmm:) and atleast this one said how the situation is; Surgery ASAP(read: MAYBE in three months) and artificial joint to the right knee in 2-3 years. Whoopdi-****ing-doo. :yeah:

PS. Atleast the surgeon was great, I'm sure if someone would look his blood sample with a microscope he'd see little Dr. Houses swimming around. :haha:

Me: So, any idea when the surgery might happen?
Surgeon: The hell I know, I just cut people.

That is all. Carry on. :salute:

[Jimbuna]

Try not to worry too much.....you've always got the other three legs to fall back on :DL

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[Dowly]

Guess it's time for a little update.

They never called me to the surgery. So, my doctor here sent them a letter asking "WTF GUYS?!" and so I got called there again the 9th, this time to another doctor. Now, this doctor looked at them knees and pretty much said without saying: The last doctor was an idiot.

So, no surgery and no artificial knee caps in my future. Still kinda pondering whether this a good thing or not. :hmmm: Them knees are longways from normal, mornings are painful as hell, new drug called 'Humira' kinda helps, but not as much as the last one (Remicade).

And to top that all, my local doctor changed too, the 3rd new "specialist" in few years. :doh:

Ah well, time will tell me thinks. :hmmm:


That is all. :yep:

[Takeda Shingen]

I had arthroscopic. I ripped my meniscus a few years ago. Honestly, the recovery period was not bad at all; I was up and moving in a few days. Granted, I wasn't doing jumping jacks, but the pain was not bad at all.

I really hope that you can get the prodecure, Dowly. It is like having new knees again.

[joea]

Good god. Reminds me a bit of my recent (last week) surgery. Broke my right ankle (the fibula-the outer ankle) in November 2008. Surgery with orthopedic screws and a plate etc. Was supposed to see about removing them in late 2009 early 2010. Went to the specialist at the clinic I was referred to by the surgeon. He sent a notice to the hospital to set ,e up for surgery-the bone had healed very well but two of the screws had pushed out a bit and were very uncomfortable. No answer til returned to the first doc, he inquired and found the surgeon left the hospital and no one informedme. Well they finally saw me and set up another appointment to remove the screws-done under local anaesthetic and I got to hobble home. Anyway my foot feels fine and the stiches come out next week.

So what I am saying dowly is long waits are not unusual unless you are in cardiac arrest-but I really don't think this is the sort of thng you want to drag out. :hmmm:

[tater]

It's my understanding that it can be a bit of a coin flip in terms of outcome. I think I saw a study that said that depending on the specific procedure (I think it was ACL repair), it was not all that different in the long run from doing nothing. In the short run, I think you'd be back on your feet sooner with than without.

Read up first, obviously.

[the_tyrant]

Good luck:salute:

Finnish healthcare this slow?
This thread seems ancient

[papa_smurf]

Guess it's time for a little update.

They never called me to the surgery. So, my doctor here sent them a letter asking "WTF GUYS?!" and so I got called there again the 9th, this time to another doctor. Now, this doctor looked at them knees and pretty much said without saying: The last doctor was an idiot.

So, no surgery and no artificial knee caps in my future. Still kinda pondering whether this a good thing or not. :hmmm: Them knees are longways from normal, mornings are painful as hell, new drug called 'Humira' kinda helps, but not as much as the last one (Remicade).

And to top that all, my local doctor changed too, the 3rd new "specialist" in few years. :doh:

Ah well, time will tell me thinks. :hmmm:


That is all. :yep:

Sounds like you've been really messed around, this sort of thing happens a lot in the NHS. Had a problem whilst at uni, kept getting ill a lot, saw 4 different doctors and took 3 whole months to get me sorted:damn: