Re: OT-Knee surgery

Posted by MarkB_MI on June 07, 2006 at 20:09:04 from (64.31.11.160):

In Reply to: OT-Knee surgery posted by Dave from MN on June 07, 2006 at 19:10:01:

MRI, huh? Better be sure that your insurance will cover it. You can be pretty sure that he'll have to scope your knee to fix the problem.

I blew out my meniscus six years ago and had arthroscopy. The doc said that once you hit 40, they can't repair a torn meniscus, they can only clean up the tear. So I'd say you are better off having surgery now than putting it off until later.

I recommend that you schedule your arthroscopy sometime when you won't need to get around much for the next several weeks. (That's WHEN you have arthroscopy, not IF.) Everyone is different, but it may take several weeks to get back to where you were before the surgery.

As for the arthroscopy, it's not that big of a deal. They will put you under, then they'll cut three small incisions in your knee. They'll pump your knee full of water and run a scope inside it and look around. Whatever the doc sees, he'll go ahead and fix. After the surgery, you'll be on crutches for a few days. I had to have physical therapy for several weeks to get the strength back in my knee.

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