KneeAware
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Thank you! I gave too much to do to rest up, but I rest it when I can. It's gone from bad to worse, everything hurts more.
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Thank you! I gave too much to do to rest up, but I rest it when I can. It's gone from bad to worse, everything hurts more.
Are you icing? That always helps me.
KneeAware
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I do ice as much as I can in the evenings, I can't do it for long because the tibia aches when the cold reaches it!
Behind my knee swollen, I think I've aggravated the Baker's Cyst, if indeed it can be aggravated. I see my OS on Monday, I'm hoping that it is a positive visit in that we can set in motion something to get this knee issue resolved. It's getting worse, even more so since the slip-slide down the stairs.
Be sure and let us know what he says. Have you tried icing the back to the knee, too?
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Tessa,
Good idea to ice behind the knee, indeed Bakers Cysts can be aggravated.
Hope you OS visit goes well next week.
Good idea to ice behind the knee, indeed Bakers Cysts can be aggravated.
Hope you OS visit goes well next week.
Best wishes for your appointment. I hope you get something settled, so you can start to move forward again. 
KneeAware
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I saw my OS today, it was a good visit I think? I'm scheduled for an arthroscopy on January 4th and an aspiration? I'm not sure what that entails?
Then after the left knee is figured out it will be onto getting a revision in the right knee.
The good news is that there is no infection.
Also it seems like it's tendinitis in the lower part of my left leg and the Bakers Cyst is indeed aggravated.
Then after the left knee is figured out it will be onto getting a revision in the right knee.
The good news is that there is no infection.
Also it seems like it's tendinitis in the lower part of my left leg and the Bakers Cyst is indeed aggravated.
I'm glad your OS visit went well. Have you considered getting a second opinion about your left knee? It seems to me that your surgeon has had enough tries at fixing it. I can't see what extra benefit an arthroscopy is going to give it. Did he do both the revision and the patella resurfacing?
I'm going to ask @Josephine what she thinks.
I'm going to ask @Josephine what she thinks.
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On the same knee, I take it? An aspiration is usually done with a syringe and needle to draw fluid from the joint. But if he's also doing a scope, then he might do the aspiration before he starts, or drain some fluid off through the scope into a specimen bottle but I've never seen it done that day.
Well whatdaya know!
I'd also consider another surgeon. I agree with Celle, seems to me like he's had enough goes at your knee by now and achieved pretty much nothing.
KneeAware
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@Celle: "Have you considered getting a second opinion about your left knee?"
I did get a second opinion and he agrees with my OS and I'm still having a bone scan on the 28th.
@Josephine: I am assuming it's on the same knee, I will find out when I go see the second opinion doctor on the 13th of December.
I did get a second opinion and he agrees with my OS and I'm still having a bone scan on the 28th.
@Josephine: I am assuming it's on the same knee, I will find out when I go see the second opinion doctor on the 13th of December.
I'm glad you're still going to see the second opinion surgeon in December. Ask him what, exactly, he thinks an arthroscopy will do to help your knee.
Is there anyone you can take with you, to help you understand what the surgeon is saying and recommending? You need to be fully informed before you decide anything.
I hope the bone scan shows up something that can be helped.
Can you ask for some X-Rays of your left knee, so that you can post them and we can ask Josephine to have a look?
Is there anyone you can take with you, to help you understand what the surgeon is saying and recommending? You need to be fully informed before you decide anything.
I hope the bone scan shows up something that can be helped.
Can you ask for some X-Rays of your left knee, so that you can post them and we can ask Josephine to have a look?
KneeAware
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@Celle
I will be going on my own to the appointment on the 13th...the second opinion guy likes to explain everything, he did when I saw him at the beginning of November.
I don't expect the bone scan to show anything, I'm going through with it just in case...
I am so disappointed with the knees, I could kick myself for ever having them replaced!
I will be going on my own to the appointment on the 13th...the second opinion guy likes to explain everything, he did when I saw him at the beginning of November.
I don't expect the bone scan to show anything, I'm going through with it just in case...
I am so disappointed with the knees, I could kick myself for ever having them replaced!
You have been very unlucky with your knees. I think that a different surgeon, one who specialises in doing revisions, could bring you a better result.
If he will, do ask this surgeon to write things down when he is explaining.
If he will, do ask this surgeon to write things down when he is explaining.
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I agree with Celle, a surgeon who specializes in revisions will be best for you after so many poor outcomes.
You may want to record the appointment if the surgeon agrees, if not have him write everything down for you.
You may want to record the appointment if the surgeon agrees, if not have him write everything down for you.
Good idea about recording. I never would have thought about that. If you have a smart phone, you can record!
KneeAware
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The recovery from the 1st revision was anything but typical, it wouldn't be a good gauge for anyone else to go by.
The second one, wasn't a "total" revision but rather a resurfacing of the patella, a spacer exchange and the femoral hardware replaced, close to a total but not quite. This revision was going great, minimal pain, rom was always good but there is something not ok in there which happened about three weeks after the surgery. I'm scheduled for an arthroscopy first week in January, I've had a bone scan, X-rays, blood work, still no consensus as to what's causing this.
The surgery itself wasn't as painful as the first two, I only needed crutches for a couple of days...I was very happy with it, for three weeks, lol!
KneeAware
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I am seeing a revision specialist too, I will be having my second appointment with him on the 13th, hoping that there will be something, anything to give me a positive direction in this.
I know I keep reiterating that I am feeling very discouraged, I want to say enough and not do this anymore! I know I can't just give up though, there has to be an answer to this.
KneeAware
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I realized at my last appointment that I sorta tune out a bit because it's always the same thing...I will pay closer attention on Tuesday though.
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