KNEE ARTHRITIS - General principles of managing Osteoarthritis of the knee :

my Knee pain - - Posted by dove (dove), 28 April 2004

i am new to this site, i have posted 1 message before this one...well since my last one i have been back to hospital today,and i am still no better..at first they said i had a torn medial menicus, with an 8mm adjacent cyst.needed to have key-hole surgery, but they couldnt find it, they tell me its wear'n'tear on my left knee.i am 32 years with 2 small children. the pain is just as before, all they said today was for me to have phesio(cant spell)..and to go back in 6 months..it is really getting me down now as its starting to interfere with my everyday life..can a MRI-scan be wrong and i havnt got a torn medial menicus, and it is just what they say...i dont no what to belive all i know is that i am real fed up of all this pain i am still in....can anyone help with any advice as what to do, thanks so much
Posted by Helena (Helena KTF), 16 May 2004

Dove, as perfect as MRIs are said to be, they NEVER are 100% accurate! So it can be possible the MRI shows a tear and the scope doesn't, or the other way round! Arthroscopy is the only way to be 99% sure what's wrong.

~H
Posted by squiggs (squiggs), 22 July 2004

I have had knee pain for five years and was told to live with it by my surgeon, I went for a second opinion last year, who then refered me to a knee specialist, and it now turns out that I need a total knee replacement at 31 as I have no cartilage left, I wish I had had a second opinion 3 years ago now. If you are not happy with your orthopaedic surgeon ask your gP for a second opinion.

Take care
squiggs

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