O/T Knee Discomfort

John B. · Apr 17, 2013

For the last 2-3 months my left knee has been stiff and not bending all the way. I've put all my weight on it all winter while being laid up from the surgery I had on my right foot last Sept.

I had an ultra-sound on my left knee and it showed a Bakers Cyst. Fluid that lubes the knee joint has leaked out and caused a balloon behind the knee. It measured 9 centimeters across that's 3.5"
The doctor drained it today and took out 32 cc's of fluid. He said it's the biggest one he's ever drained.

Sure feels better this evening but it can come back.

dpendzic · Apr 17, 2013

cortisone shots every 6 months helped my sore knee that developed that cyst

gwstang · Apr 17, 2013

My knee gets really tight like it is being squeezed inside and I get to limping badly if I am on my feet very much. Do ya'll get this with the cyst problem? It's been going on about 6 months and I am getting tired of it. Glad they found your problem and fixed it.

JD Seller · Apr 17, 2013

It really feels great when the Doc sticks that needle into the knee to drain!!!!! He had a hot little nurse that would stand there and help him. It really killed my "MAN" card for her to see my tears. LOL.

I had to have that done just about once each month until I had knee surgery in 1989. Have not had any issues since then.

Getting it taken care of sooner is much better than later. They can do miracles with the knees today if you catch the problems early enought.

fixerupper · Apr 17, 2013

It's good they could help you. Doctors can do so much more today then they could even ten years ago. Having that fluid sucked out is no picnic, I've had it done three times and there are more to come, but if it helps in the long run it's worth it. That needle is much less invasive than surgery. Jim.

notjustair · Apr 17, 2013

It will come back. I have to just put up with mine. Eventually when they went in the third time to remove it they pulled out the nerves in the area so it doesn't bother me nearly as much.

dr sportster · Apr 17, 2013

I have one of those in my MRI reports . After bi-lateral knee replacement I asked about it and was told it is not an issue. I think they mean there is no fluid in it. They said what you said it forms in the back of the leg. Hope it stays drained for you !

showcrop · Apr 17, 2013

(quoted from post at 16:54:38 04/17/13) It really feels great when the Doc sticks that needle into the knee to drain!!!!! He had a hot little nurse that would stand there and help him. It really killed my "MAN" card for her to see my tears. LOL.

I had to have that done just about once each month until I had knee surgery in 1989. Have not had any issues since then.

Getting it taken care of sooner is much better than later. They can do miracles with the knees today if you catch the problems early enought.

You need to slap that doc around a little! I got many cortisone shots before I got my knees rebuilt. They start off spraying aerosol numbing fluid on the skin, Then inject internal numbing fluid, then disconnect the syringe from the needle and attach second syringe with cortisone. Very little pain.

JD Seller · Apr 17, 2013

Showcrop this was back in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I am not sure if they had the spray stuff then. I know it hurt like heck when he pushed that long needle into the knee joint. I break out in a cold sweat thinking about it. LOL.

The funny thing is that I jumped over 100 times in the service and never had a single knee issue. Then in 1978 slipped on the back steps and twisted it good. It hurt for 11 years before they had the tools to fix it without completely laying me up for six months or more. I could afford the surgery but not the down time. So I just made do. Another strange thing was sometimes I could run on it when it really was full of fluid and it would get better. If it did not thought I had to use a crutch to walk for a few days.

I think about the medical treatment when guys talk about how the "good old days" where. There is night and day difference now with all the stuff they can fix now.

John B. · Apr 17, 2013

My knee was also swollen around the top half of the knee cap. It would hurt on front to walk up and especially down stairs. Some days were better than others. I had this stiffness 2 years ago. It will and can go away but this time it didn't. I had to lay on my stomach while he numbed and drained it. He then wheeled the screen over from the ultra sound so he could show me what he was looking at. The needle must of been 3" long. That's no exaggeration. It didn't go straight in though. The syringe was the diameter of a broom handle and 4-5" long and he filled that then a little more.

MSD · Apr 17, 2013

I had a fall one time and cracked my pelvis. The plan was to send me to the Mayo clinic to have surgery but the doctors decided it couldn't be repaired surgically so they put me in traction to take all the pressure off the pelvis. The doctor came in the morning they were going to put me in traction with a bag of stainless steel tools. He numbed my knee and then pulled out his cordless drill and drilled a 3/8" hole through the knee. He then put a steel rod through the knee. He got his bolt cutter out of the bag and cut the rod off while it was in the knee. Then he tied a rope onto the parts hanging out of the knee and ran the rope over a pulley at the end of the bed with a weight attached. I managed to sit up enough to watch him do the whole thing. I laid like that for 3 weeks while the pelvis healed. Nurse would come in twice a day and clean around the rod to keep it open and not get infected. I had to learn to walk again after laying that long, then on crutches for a couple weeks and finally a cane. Everything works fine now with just a small scar on each side of the knee.

JMS/.MN · Apr 17, 2013

How long were you in to get 100 jumps?

JD Seller · Apr 17, 2013

I was on active duty 10 years. I had 38 combat jumps under my belt. Six of those where low altitude jumps, those scared the crap out of me. Nam from mid 69 until early 73. There where almost 30 training jumps before that. Then after I was states side I was a small weapons DI but still did a rotation helping train in jump school. Some times you would jump 10-12 times in a week.

More than likely would have stayed 30 if not for Jimmy Carter. I enjoyed my Army time and really missed it the first few years.

I was in the Guard from 1978 until 1995. I eligible for a small pension because of the points combat racked up.

I have jumped around my birth day every year since I have been back. I love to jump. There is nothing like the feeling of freedom you have up there. I can understand the guys that become mesmerized and don't open their chutes. The civilian chutes fly at a slower speed than the military ones. If you feather them just right, you just about step down.

JMS/.MN · Apr 18, 2013

Feathering them....like a ParaCommander chute? I"ve seen them used by the Knights. I had 22 jumps in 3 years. Memorable ones? Couple 5000 footers one day on the Pacific coast- no jungle or water hazard. And standing on top of another guys chute 800 feet off the ground....training kicks in, instantly. Man, what we did for $55 a month! And some died for, like a re-upper whose wife wanted security......pilot went across the DZ, not lengthwise, jumpmaster didn"t stop the jump, and 14 out of 15 in the stick hit the trees......one died.

Daughter, fifth paratrooper in our family, has at least 16 jumps, coming back from Afghanistan any day now.

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