New development with my left knee. On March 25th (a Wednesday) at work I was sitting at my desk and stood up and had an excruciating stabbing pain in my left knee, medial side. I couldn't put weight on it or straighten it. Very reminiscent of what happened to me three years ago, which resulted in a knee scope. I figured out that a loose body probably had worked its way in between the two bones. I sat down, massaged and moved my patella, kind of shook my leg around and then stood up and the pain was gone and I could straighten my leg. My knee was sore the rest of the day, but had no problems for the rest of the day or the next day. Two days later on a Friday it happened again. But was fine on Saturday and Sunday.
But starting on Monday it has happened every single day and on one day several times. I will stand up, I'll get a sharp pain, can't bear weight, can't straighten my leg. I'll move the patella around and massage my knee and it always seems to dislodge the floater. But now a couple of new things are happening. After I get the floater dislodged I'll have sharp pain behind my knee for a few hours before it goes away. And the last couple of times after dislodging the floater I'll get up and start walking and my knee will buckle.
So I've called and gotten my follow-up appointment with my surgeon moved up from my May appointment. I can't go another month of this. I never know when I'll get that floater stuck and am worried that at some point I won't be able to dislodge it. Also the fact that it is now buckling concerns me. I just don't want to fall.
When I met my surgeon in January he said my knee wasn't bad enough for a TKA. So I'm going to ask about having a scope on this knee to clean it out and remove the loose body. Plus I think it will give my surgeon a good idea of where my knee is at in the timeline towards a TKA. If having my knee scoped buys me time I think it will be worth it. Any opinions on this? I'm hoping that this surgery will be an easy recovery like my scope surgery on my right TKA knee this past January. Surgery on Wednesday - back to work on Monday crutches free! I'm also flying in May (the 18th & the 20th) and am wondering how big a window I would need around that date to feel safe. I don't think I would want surgery the week before and then fly. Blood clots would be my fear.
Just when I was resigned to the fact that I wouldn't be having a TKA on my left knee this year, this little problem arises. But if I can get it cleaned up and it buys me some time, it may be worth it.
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