Thread: Meniscus surgery

One of my Judo buddies has had the procedure two or three times. I think he's had each knee once, plus one again. If you hit all the physical therapy you should have no real problems. My biggest piece of advice (as a two time ACL guy) is find a physical therapist you can deal with. I absolutely loved my therapist the 2nd time, easy going guy, very open to looking at some of my sport-specific questions. If I find my first therapist near a dark alley, it won't be pretty. Avoid the sadists. A little discomfort is different that torture.

I had it done a few years ago, pretty much the same deal as the above mentioned people. Told it'd take 6 weeks to recover, and I'd be walking out, I had to use crutches for nearly 2 weeks before I could limp along

I haven't had it (although both my knees sound like they're full of gravel when I flex them (result I guess from years of skiing)... but good luck tomorrow!!!

Oye, I haven't had experience but I myself am scheduled to get one done soon. It's good to hear that full recovery is possible...

Good luck, Rich, speedy recovery!

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...

Have a speedy and thorough recovery Rich.

Jordan

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?