Anyone had a knee op recently?

[Breezeblock]

had both of mines done on seperate occasions bloody agony first one got infected and i got put in a dementia ward woke up to an old bloke in the bed opposite drinking his piss. second one was no bother but both knees still clunk and click anyway good luck with the opp:thumbup:

[woodworm]

Mine was about the same time as Peter. Knee arthroscopy, two small incisions, cleaned out bits of floating cartilage & smoothed off the underside of the kneecap. No discomfort at all & walking easily immediately after. Got an amazing set of photo's showing the inside of the knee & all the damaged bits.

 

Come on then Chilli, let's see the pictures, would be good to see what they're gonna be doing to me

[woodworm]

I forgot to write an update so here goes.

The operation itself went really well, just 2 small holes in my knee, just about big enough to get a pencil through, and it took only 14 minutes, large piece of torn cartilage but was able to walk very quickly and have had no pain AT ALL since the op. Unfortunately, as soon as my head hit the pillow after the anaesthetic was injected, i spewed up all over myself and the bed, which they were real chuffed about. Then when i got back to the ward afterwards, i passed out and ended up with about 8 doctors/nurses round my bed trying to sort me out.

Overall though, if anyone ever needs a knee arthroscopy, please dont be worried about it, it is totally painless and the most difficult thing is remembering to walk normally after its been done coz u are so used to limping, its hard to get out of the habit.

Cheers

Woodworm

[Stubby]

My knee is totally shot after my leg was broken about half an inch above the knee. This was 9 years ago . I think I need a new one , hurts all the time . Glad you are all sorted now !

[woodworm]

pm sent

[oldwoodcutter]

Glad you're up and about again mate.

[Matthew Arnold]

Had a knee op 3 years ago as i snapped most of the ligaments and tendons in my right knee. The tendons after they were tidied up were too short to stitch back together so had them tidied up hoping that a nice person would donate some ligaments and tendons so i could walk again. I now have another mans ligaments and tendons in. I can walk fine and can run without any problems. If am walking on an uneven surface or a steep slope for more than 3 hours it begins to ache to will have to be careful for years yet.

Edited July 30, 2012 by Matthew Arnold