Hi all,
I have a rather large baker's cyst. and have had a meniscusectomy to remove the shredded strings that used to be part of my meniscus...
prior to this my OS tried Hyaluronic Acid shots, the first shot was not bad and in fact after a day or so felt better. the second shot was okay.. not nearly so good but okay. The Third shot nearly killed me and he only got about half of it in. I mean pain that came close to matching the pain in my other knee post hip surgery and it had to be broken loose and the Therapist forced my heal to my butt.. it worked but I thought she broke my knee.. well I thought he broke something in my knee. and I have a high tollerance for pain.. so to set me to tears ...this was serious pain. I could tell you about the trip home getting in and out of the Van.. .but that would take too long.. it is a funny story though painful...LOL
after that when I told him where the pain was still intense, he decided I should have the meniscus surgery.. the scope also showed that I have pitting on the ends of the bones.
so all that done... fluid drained twice since the surgery and a cortizone shot two weeks ago. As a result inflamation is down and the bakers cyst is improving. knee feels much better but keeps locking up.. apparently because of the above mentioned pitting
he is now thinking of the shots again when my 6 months is up.. which should be about the end of the year...
questions.. how many others have had this much pain when getting the shots? not the needle going in.. that part is easy.. but the injection causing that much pain suddenly...about half way through.
second if there is a bakers cyst (mine is pretty large about the size of a goose egg or so) what prevents the Hyaluronic Acid from leaking straight into the cyst? or are they in two different places.. or compartments? I know I sound dumb.. but I don't want to have that kind of pain again... and if it just leaks to the cyst, whats the point?
and after the shots if he drains fluid (which he did) does the Hyaluronic Acid that he put in the week before come out too? sorry I'm so confused. this knee stuff is new to me... Hips I understand.. knees, not so much...LOL
thanks in advance for any help
catherine