Hey all - just thought I’d give you an update on what happens next with the whole knee thing …
So the MRI came back with a spur, floating cartilage and fluid behind the knee. The spur I expected, knowing I’d seen it in the previous x-ray but the other stuff not so much. No meniscus or ligament damage though so that’s a plus.
Next step now is to see the knee surgeon, that happens at the end of March. But until then I guess I just keep wearing the stabilising brace I have.
@variablepulserate I’d say it’d be getting in there and grinding it down, make sure the kneecap is in fact back in its proper position and go from there. Until I see the knee surgeon I won’t know for sure.
// @matigo
@matigo That’s true. I don’t have access to the report to go along with the images though.
@matigo I hope so. Now that I’ve discovered the spur though, I wonder if that’s causing the instability cause it can’t find its home so to speak.
Well, the big metal donut adventure is over. Went in feet first (thank god), they played an 80’s playlist through the headphones I had, and I got to look at a gum tree the whole time.
I have the images on my phone and I couldn’t see anything sinister but I’m no expert. I’ll see the doctor for a follow up this coming Tuesday so will know more about next steps then.
@variablepulserate I won’t share the full story then if you’re already wincing but yes, I dislocated it close to 4 years ago. But only since just before Christmas has it been an issue for me.
Interesting part of all this is I now have access to the X-ray they did at the hospital from back then and there’s a spur in my knee …
I have the images from the big metal donut on my phone but I can’t make out anything sinister. I’ll have to wait for the doctor, since she’ll get the report.
// @matigo
@matigo it’s just my knee is all. Finding out if I may have done some ligament damage when I dislocated it a few years back.
When I saw the dr a couple weeks back she said the grinding was a problem.
Big metal donut day tomorrow. A bit nervous about it all.
Looking forward to finding out some answers.
@matigo hehe, yeah my cocktail of choice for the night lol. Will probably only end up having one.
Thanks mate, happy new year to you too 😁