Knee Follow-up – BionicOldGuy

I wrote lately that I’ve been identified with a tear within the lateral meniscus of my left knee. This is inflicting joint fluid to leak, so I’ve a cyst on the knee. The ensuing persistent bump is what triggered me to have it regarded 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 a good surgical choice to repair it. The choices are to attend and see or take away the meniscus fully. 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 impression loading, particularly working, and maintain the encompassing muscle mass in form. So my train routine of biking, power coaching, and climbing (cautious on the downhills) is serving me nicely.

I did discover a counter-opinion on the internet that horizontal tears could be efficiently repaired, so I’ll maintain researching this subject and should search a second opinion. There is not any hurry, although, as a result of I’m asymptomatic, and the state of affairs is just not altering quickly.