FOAK: Knees

Has anyone here ever done cartilage damage to thier knee? and if so.
how long did it take to fix itself?

Mine's making some lovely clicky crunchy noises at the monent, but
that only seems to happen when there's weight on it, particulalry when
climbing stairs.

Haven't seen a doc yet, maybe I should, but if it's just a waiting
game, why bother?

 

I agree, I ended up having keyhole surgery and walked out
of the hospital the same day, sore for a while but fixed it.

Alan

 

Kinda. Mine go weirdly "squishy" from time to time and if I run up steps
sometimes my right knee buckles under me. I think I just have shit
knees. I should probably have them looked at but, being male, I don't do
quacks.

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I'll let you know if it ever does.

Exactly what mine does. Pushing clutch pedals in is the worst, & the
reason I had to sell my Porker, & drive autos these days.

To get it properly diagnosed. Have you got weedy legs? If so, it's
possibly a miss-aligned kneecap, & building up your thigh muscles will
fix it.

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That's one of the things I noticed it with last week. 45 mins of stop
start traffic... then the 3 flights of stairs at work really made it
known.

I wouldn't say weedy, just average really.

 

Yes to both, thinking back it's slightly twisted a couple of times in
the past few months... plus my mum has osteoarthritis, I'm too young
to be worrying about that just yet though.

I guess I should do the same.

 

My dad damaged his about 20 years ago. He finally had his knee replaced
last month.

Hmm, this is probably not the answer you wanted...

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Indeed. I'm by no means the youngest person that I see in the waiting
room at the arthritis clinic..

Phil.

 

Others hjave said it already, but yes, you should get thee to a
surgeon, smart-ish. There are one or two new cartilage 'regrowth'
techniques being pioneered, but in general cartilage damage will never
repair, either naturally or with surgical intervention.

Most damage can be effectively 'fixed' with an arthroscopy which can
be used to trim off any torn areas and smooth the remaining bits to
avoid them catching. If you don't have it sorted, it's practically a
certainty that further damage will be incurred.

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GP appointment booked tomorrow.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, ginge

Stone the crows, well done.

It's impossible to book an appointment with my GP other than for the
same day, and then you have to do it at 08:00:00.000000000000000001 or
the fucking crumblies have all grabbed the early ones.

Haven't they heard of lie-ins? What's the point of being retired?

 

Mangled right leg in a bike crash in 1978.
Right knee still makes those very same creaking noises as yours
And it buckles every now and again.

Get used to it, mate!

 

Move to a less pikey PCT.

 

It doesn't. It's a wearing process and non-reversible.

May as well see a doc now - with waiting lists the way they are, by the
time you get to see a surgeon it'll be worse anyway.

August 2006 I had a surgeon scrape out the knee and remove the dodgy
bits, but it'll need attention again sometime in the next few years.
--
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How much more suspenseful can you get?"
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Should the need arise, I think the waiting lists are "a few weeks" as
I have private health insurance through work.

 

That's what I've been told, although I haven't got weedy legs. The physio
official is "re-centralize the knees". Apparently, it's caused by walking
like a duck. I have to ride my pushbike with my feet turned in and walk
like that as well - well, it feels like they're turned in, but in reality
they're just not turned out. I started this regime a few weeks ago and it
feels better already.

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On Mon, 19 May 2008 13:30:50 +0100, ginge

Good. I know several people who've had knee ops and they're all better
for it. Seem to be up and around quite quick too.

 

I'm keeping my fingers crossed I don't need that, as the pain is
bearable. The clicky crunchy sounds that concern me though - hopefully
they sound worse than they are.

 

You know I did mine in 7 years ago. They said it'd last 5.

Both major cartilages gone but I can still walk/ride/drive fine (can't
bend it fully but thats another problem).

Just these past couple of months its given me the odd bad twinge or
just moved in ways a knee shouldn't move so I think i'll have to go
back to the gym or start cycling again to strengthen the muscles.

It makes orrid noises, I ignore them.

Badly damaged cartilages never heal themselves. They do contract, they
never stretch again more than a few %.

 

Bwaahahahaa, my GP is the same.

Repeat prescription before last they told me I needed to go and see
them or I wouldn't get any more.

Tried for 20 mins to make an appointment, failed.

Phoned repeat prescription line and swore a lot and called their appt
system a fucking health hazard.

Got the prescription without a word being said when I picked it up.