Meniscus :
Cry for Help - lateral Right Meniscus - - Posted by arcaracen (arcaracen), 27 May 2004
This is basically a cry for help. I tore my meniscus when I was 15 , I didnt have health insurance and consequently had surgory when I was 21. The orthopedic surgeon who worked on me removed most of my lateral right meniscus. Without telling me that I needed to follow up regularly with him. After my surgory I lost my job because of the surgory and didnt have health care again until last year (I'm 29). An orthopedic surgon told me I had developed degenerative arthritis, what meniscus I had left was minimal, and there was hardly any room left in my right later compartment. I saw a specialist on partial knee replacements and he advised me to wait 5 yrs until he felt I would acheive the best success for partial knee replacement. I am currently using a huge knee brace everyday to correct and reduce any further vargas in my knee, and I take NSAIDs, chondritin and glucosamine daily.
Does anyone know of any other alternatives for me?
Help Please 
Posted by inpain (inpain), 1 June 2004
hi,
maybe you could try acupunture.i've tried it for a meniscus tear and it didnt help.but i've seen people in the clinic with chronic pain benefiting from it.
here are some links for more info
http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday/2000_archives/2000_05_06_acupuncture.asp
http://www.acupuncturehealingarts.com/arthritis.html
wish you luck
Posted by jathib (jathib), 2 June 2004
Try riding a bike. Just make sure the seat is high enough so it doesn't hurt your knee. The best thing you can do is keep the thing mobile. I tore my lateral meniscus when I was 15 and didn't have surgery until 17 years later. By then I had arthritis and since that time have had my meniscus removed a piece at a time. I'm 46 now and I still have days when my knee doesn't hurt. I'm certain that all the bike riding has prolonged the life of my knee. I'll still need a knee replacement but I'm hoping to make it into my 50's before I need one.
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