Re: Is CP a form of oestoathritis or not

[Guest guest]

Hi Kat<br><br>Well... depends doesn't it!!!!

Depends on how you got your CP!! If it's caused by

mal-tracking I'd say nope not arthritis, rather biomechanics

problem. If it's caused by over-use, jogging, gym etc,

then I think it classifies as " secondary arthritis " ie

it's not the disease, but it is wear and tear... and

wear and tear is classified as arthritis. If it just

kind of happened all by itself then maybe it's

arthritis. But that's probably unlikely at your age?

Sorry... that was the best I could do!<br><br>Joe

[Guest guest]

Sigh!!! thanks for the input Joe...I'll eventually find out...<br><br>kat

[Guest guest]

hi kat, i think i have an answer for you.cp is

not a form of arthritis, unless it is not caught in

time like me, im 35 and one year ago diaonosed with cp

on nov 3 00 had a double arthoscpoic done both

knees, have arthritis,right knee is severe because the

cartile is full thickness loss.doctor says had this for

years, but didnt know it so couldnt cauch it in

time.deneration of cartile is arthritis.also have it in left

knee, right knee hurts all the time.cant do much any

more.im waiting on a proceeder just approved they have to

put plastic or something under my knee cap,not sure

yet dont have alot of details yet still waiting on

them. but i had a lot of doctors tell me nothing wrong

for 2 years untill i found this doctor hes great, and

answers all my questions. i had mri said nothing wrong.if

you are not getting the ansewrs you need please keep

going.untill you find a doctor that will tell you the answers

you need.im not sorry i found out the truth, just

sorry it was too late to stop.doctor says my cp is very

bad.my doctor cant understand how this happened to me at

my age, neither can i . i keep looking back for

answers but cant come up with any how this happened. no

falls, no auto accident. doctor at first said that could

be the only way this could have got this bad, but

they didnt have anything to do with it at all.hope i

have helped you. i have to go for syn-visc injections

to see if that will help untill the doctor can do

this surgery. have had cortisone injections dont help

at all, im on vicodin & darvocet. save your knees no

matter what it take, this is very depressing for me.

have a 2 year old son to take care of , hes great but

its so hard chasing him around. my life has changed

so much after this problem for the worst.im trird of

this pain just wont go away. i hope i didnt bore

you.just cant handle this pain anymore. take care of your

self hope to hear back from you<br><br><br> purpledg

[Guest guest]

Hi Kat.<br><br>You know, my shoulders crackle

too. My dad has arthritis. I'm 30 and considered to

have osteoarthritis. I guess they only call it that

for us old folks. I think Chodromalacia and

osteoarthritis are the same thing. CP is osteoarthritis of the

knee, maybe. It is confusing, but I imagine we are at

higher risk for arthritis all over if it is already in

our family and in our knees!<br><br>I remember before

I was diagnosed with CP, for about a year my knees

made terrible crackling noises going up stairs and

doing certain exercises. But the doctor and my boss(I

teach exercise for a living) told me as long as it

didn't hurt, it was nothing to worry about. It didn't

hurt at the time but look what it turned into. So I

don't know what the answer

is!<br><br>AAAAAHHHH!!!<br>Jeannine