Thread: Meniscus surgery

Hi, I had done in 94 on both knees. One knee followed the another in 6 months. My surgery was at HSS in NYC. The surgery has been a success as I have been able to engage in skiing, golf, running and squash. Though not enough of the last lately due to poor scheduling.

Be sure to ice the knee as instructed and take any meds given. My recovery was good as I used a stationary bike for 3 months following the surgery to maintain strength and avoid damage.

Good luck

Get well soon Rich! Surgery, even when "minor" is such a pain. Here wishing for your speedy recovery!

Tulip, back in 1993 I had that exact same surgery done to my ankle for a piece of cartilage and bone that was torn out of ankle socket due to a dislocation suffered when I stepped in a pot hole while jogging (this is lame, I know). The recovery time was stunningly long and the procedure was quite painful. I spent months in bed with my ankle strapped into a machine that methodically moved the joint back and forth in order to "line up" the blood from the drill holes to "patch" the divot in the cartilage. That was terrible... thanks for bringing up a memory I had worked so hard to forget.LOL, just kidding. I will never forget that episode.

Hope your recovery goes well and you're 100%. I'm going for rotator
cuff surgery within the next few months. I'm actually looking
forward to it so I won't be in so much pain...I hope.

John

Here's to healthy healing, Rich. Take it easy, man.

X

. . . and be faithful to your physical therapy! It sounds like you're having a good outcome!

RalphS

Originally Posted by RalphS

. . . and be faithful to your physical therapy! It sounds like you're having a good outcome!

RalphS

+1 on the physical therapy. I got lazy when I had my knee scoped and the recovery took a lot longer than it should have. Also, if you're ticklish, don't let anyone tickle your foot after your surgery. The instinctive knee-jerk really hurts.

Slainte!

I had a 'lnee scope' (the lingual shorthand used by the medical staff) when I was in the Air Force. It was strange circumstances. My knee still bothers me, since the small tear was not the cause of the pain. But it was still there, and it is now gone.

Any way, depending on the severity of the tear (or whatever the malady may be) you'll recover quickly. the doctor freed me of the crutches the day after surgery.

He forgot to refer me to physical therapy, so that took a few weeks to even start. But it is something not to neglect!

Originally Posted by w12code3

Get well soon Rich! Surgery, even when "minor" is such a pain. Here wishing for your speedy recovery!

Tulip, back in 1993 I had that exact same surgery done to my ankle for a piece of cartilage and bone that was torn out of ankle socket due to a dislocation suffered when I stepped in a pot hole while jogging (this is lame, I know). The recovery time was stunningly long and the procedure was quite painful. I spent months in bed with my ankle strapped into a machine that methodically moved the joint back and forth in order to "line up" the blood from the drill holes to "patch" the divot in the cartilage. That was terrible... thanks for bringing up a memory I had worked so hard to forget.LOL, just kidding. I will never forget that episode.

Glad to help reactivate the memory banks.

Holy smokes...that machine sounds like a torture device. But I feel your pain on the recovery time. I recall one session at the physical therapists about four months after my surgery when I wondered if I would ever run again because the pain was so bad at times and my knee was still as big as a cantaloupe. That was a low point. I walked with a cane for a long time, and that was tough to swallow for a 29 year old.

The rock climbing thing sounds cooler that it was. I was climbing at an indoor gym (the Vertical Club in Redmond) doing something stupid that I shouldn't have been doing. Thankfully, I was top-roped, and the guy belaying me caught me before I hit the ground. Never before or since have I felt something that painful as the moment that I ripped that cartilage off my bone. That was intense.

About two years later I was doing some top-rope climbing at Little Si near Snoqualmie Pass, and a friend of a friend had topped out and was being belayed down when his protection failed (he hadn't tied his water knot correctly), and he fell about 20' before he hit the ground on his butt. He miraculously walked out, but I later heard that he had surgery to have two discs fused. I'd never seen anyone fall before, and I was stunned by the violence of the fall and the noise that he made as he hit the ground. That ended my climbing.

Originally Posted by RichZ

OK had it done. I am taking pain killers but not strong ones I think but it feels fine. I was told not to overdo it the first several days and elevate and ice it. So far so good...

Glad to hear you made it through. How's the swelling?

I was a bit too active yesterday. Tore a stitch. I have been good since. Oh well a lesson learned

Originally Posted by TULIP

Glad to hear you made it through. How's the swelling?

Oh it's there. I went back to work today. I will definetly take it easy though.