Hi all,
I live in the UK. I have had problems with my legs since I was born. I was diagnosed with Larsen's Syndrome when I was 6 weeks old.
Since then I have had multiple surgeries to reconstruct my hips and knees.
The last 5 years I have been getting pain in my left knee. This has been gradually getting worse and worse till the point now where I have trouble sleeping.
About a month ago I had an arthroscopy on my knee. The results showed that my cruciate ligament was wearing away, the cartilage is practically all worn away and I have pretty bad arthritis in there. My consultant said that if I was 50 I would be getting a knee replacement. He tried to perform a chondroplasty but he said that there is too much scar tissue in there and he couldn't do it.
I have been to see him again today and he has said that there is nothing more he can do apart from give me painkillers.
I am sick to death of painkillers, they screw me up almost as bad as my knee does.
Does anybody have any ideas where I can turn to now? I have tried acupuncture, physio, you name it. The only option I can see is a knee replacement.
Many thanks!
I live in the UK. I have had problems with my legs since I was born. I was diagnosed with Larsen's Syndrome when I was 6 weeks old.
Since then I have had multiple surgeries to reconstruct my hips and knees.
The last 5 years I have been getting pain in my left knee. This has been gradually getting worse and worse till the point now where I have trouble sleeping.
About a month ago I had an arthroscopy on my knee. The results showed that my cruciate ligament was wearing away, the cartilage is practically all worn away and I have pretty bad arthritis in there. My consultant said that if I was 50 I would be getting a knee replacement. He tried to perform a chondroplasty but he said that there is too much scar tissue in there and he couldn't do it.
I have been to see him again today and he has said that there is nothing more he can do apart from give me painkillers.
I am sick to death of painkillers, they screw me up almost as bad as my knee does.
Does anybody have any ideas where I can turn to now? I have tried acupuncture, physio, you name it. The only option I can see is a knee replacement.
Many thanks!