Guest guest Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 sorry to hear that , do you think that it had in anyway to do with the surgery; making it prone to tear in some way? or was it just down to the way you fell? other than that, I hope the patella is feeling better james <sean@...> wrote: Well, I haven't written here in a while but I thought I'd let everyone know that 4 months post-op, I was still having pain with any impacting activities (e.g. running) while other things like elliptical and biking felt fine. So the Dr. had me get a new MRI and it shows a torn meniscus! :-( I had a fall about 6 weeks after surgery that I am guessing is the culprit. I had posted after that time about potential patella tendonitis but that seems to be gone at this point. Full history here: http://www.2sparrows.org/blog/?cat=2 / Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 So I went to review the scans with the Dr. today. Apparently when he called me earlier this week, he was reading the radiologist's report, which says: " Findings consistent with horizontal tear posterior horn medial meniscus. " But my Dr. showed me the scans and he doesn't think there's a tear at all. There is certainly something going on there, but perhaps just degeneration. He also showed me some other areas of interest on the scans, and the effusion (bone contusion) of the condyle femur, which was strongly evident 18 months ago in my 1st scans, are really not visible. That's consistent in the fact that I no longer feel pain laterally along the bone. Also, there is a " gap " between the patella and the femur, where he did some clean up, that is visible. There's really nothing in the area of the patella tendon where it attaches to the patella, which is where I was really sore for 4-6 weeks. Perhaps the iontopherosis did something after all? He wants to wait 2-3 months before we make a decision on a 2nd surgery. I tend to agree as I have been improving a lot. Right now the only thing that bothers me is impact, such as running or hiking down steep hills. Biking and elliptical are fine. So I think I'll wait, and just take it slow on getting back to running. / thousand plateaus said the following on 1/18/2006 5:04 PM: > sorry to hear that , do you think that it had in anyway to do with the surgery; making it prone to tear in some way? or was it just down to the way you fell? > other than that, I hope the patella is feeling better > > james > > <sean@...> wrote: > > Well, I haven't written here in a while but I thought I'd let everyone > know that 4 months post-op, I was still having pain with any impacting > activities (e.g. running) while other things like elliptical and biking > felt fine. So the Dr. had me get a new MRI and it shows a torn > meniscus! :-( > > I had a fall about 6 weeks after surgery that I am guessing is the > culprit. I had posted after that time about potential patella > tendonitis but that seems to be gone at this point. > > Full history here: > > http://www.2sparrows.org/blog/?cat=2 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 You are smart to question the MRI (and wait). Compare it to my story: I had an MRI which said the same thing: torn meniscus. My doctor agreed. He even circled it on the scan so I could see it. I saw nothing - at least, nothing that looked like the examples on numerous web pages. But what do I know - I'm not a radiologist or orthopod. So I waited. A few months later, I went to a different doc who had me take an MRI at a different facility. Reading: torn meniscus. My 2nd doctor agreed. So I agreed to the surgery. After the operation, the doctor told me the good news: My meniscus was perfect. (I did have CP though, sigh.) Don On Jan 19, 2006, at 10:05 AM, wrote: > So I went to review the scans with the Dr. today. Apparently when he > called me earlier this week, he was reading the radiologist's report, > which says: > > " Findings consistent with horizontal tear posterior horn medial > meniscus. " > > But my Dr. showed me the scans and he doesn't think there's a tear at > all. There is certainly something going on there, but perhaps just > degeneration. > > He also showed me some other areas of interest on the scans, and the > effusion (bone contusion) of the condyle femur, which was strongly > evident 18 months ago in my 1st scans, are really not visible. That's > consistent in the fact that I no longer feel pain laterally along the > bone. Also, there is a " gap " between the patella and the femur, where > he did some clean up, that is visible. There's really nothing in the > area of the patella tendon where it attaches to the patella, which is > where I was really sore for 4-6 weeks. Perhaps the iontopherosis did > something after all? > > He wants to wait 2-3 months before we make a decision on a 2nd surgery. > I tend to agree as I have been improving a lot. Right now the only > thing that bothers me is impact, such as running or hiking down steep > hills. Biking and elliptical are fine. So I think I'll wait, and just > take it slow on getting back to running. > > / > > thousand plateaus said the following on 1/18/2006 5:04 PM: >> sorry to hear that , do you think that it had in anyway to do >> with the surgery; making it prone to tear in some way? or was it just >> down to the way you fell? >> other than that, I hope the patella is feeling better >> >> james >> >> <sean@...> wrote: >> >> Well, I haven't written here in a while but I thought I'd let everyone >> know that 4 months post-op, I was still having pain with any impacting >> activities (e.g. running) while other things like elliptical and >> biking >> felt fine. So the Dr. had me get a new MRI and it shows a torn >> meniscus! :-( >> >> I had a fall about 6 weeks after surgery that I am guessing is the >> culprit. I had posted after that time about potential patella >> tendonitis but that seems to be gone at this point. >> >> Full history here: >> >> http://www.2sparrows.org/blog/?cat=2 >> > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 MRI's aren't as good as we'd like at showing things. I also had a torn meniscus, was afraid to get it fixed (i.e. partially removed), but am SO glad I did. If the pain is debilitating (mine was), you might want a third opinion. Ann Re: torn meniscus! So I went to review the scans with the Dr. today. Apparently when he called me earlier this week, he was reading the radiologist's report, which says: " Findings consistent with horizontal tear posterior horn medial meniscus. " But my Dr. showed me the scans and he doesn't think there's a tear at all. There is certainly something going on there, but perhaps just degeneration. He also showed me some other areas of interest on the scans, and the effusion (bone contusion) of the condyle femur, which was strongly evident 18 months ago in my 1st scans, are really not visible. That's consistent in the fact that I no longer feel pain laterally along the bone. Also, there is a " gap " between the patella and the femur, where he did some clean up, that is visible. There's really nothing in the area of the patella tendon where it attaches to the patella, which is where I was really sore for 4-6 weeks. Perhaps the iontopherosis did something after all? He wants to wait 2-3 months before we make a decision on a 2nd surgery. I tend to agree as I have been improving a lot. Right now the only thing that bothers me is impact, such as running or hiking down steep hills. Biking and elliptical are fine. So I think I'll wait, and just take it slow on getting back to running. / thousand plateaus said the following on 1/18/2006 5:04 PM: > sorry to hear that , do you think that it had in anyway to do with the surgery; making it prone to tear in some way? or was it just down to the way you fell? > other than that, I hope the patella is feeling better > > james > > <sean@...> wrote: > > Well, I haven't written here in a while but I thought I'd let everyone > know that 4 months post-op, I was still having pain with any impacting > activities (e.g. running) while other things like elliptical and biking > felt fine. So the Dr. had me get a new MRI and it shows a torn > meniscus! :-( > > I had a fall about 6 weeks after surgery that I am guessing is the > culprit. I had posted after that time about potential patella > tendonitis but that seems to be gone at this point. > > Full history here: > > http://www.2sparrows.org/blog/?cat=2 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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