Knee Comply with-up – BionicOldGuy

I wrote not too long ago that I’ve been identified with a tear within the lateral meniscus of my left knee. That is inflicting joint fluid to leak, so I’ve a cyst on the knee. The ensuing persistent bump is what brought on me to have it seemed into. Yesterday I had a follow-up with my Orthopedic surgeon and he confirmed it’s a horizontal tear within the meniscus. He mentioned it’s in an space with poor blood provide so there isn’t any good surgical possibility to repair it. The choices are to attend and see or take away the meniscus completely. For now, we’re going with the previous. The excellent news is he says the arthritis in my knee has not superior an excessive amount of and I ought to get extra good years out of the knee so long as I keep away from influence loading, particularly operating, and maintain the encompassing muscle tissue in form. So my train routine of biking, energy coaching, and climbing (cautious on the downhills) is serving me properly.

I did discover a counter-opinion on the net that horizontal tears could be efficiently repaired, so I’ll maintain researching this problem and will search a second opinion. There is no such thing as a hurry, although, as a result of I’m asymptomatic, and the state of affairs isn’t altering quickly.