Knee update: Good news!
Posted: Fri May 02, 2003 3:45 pm
Hey y'all!
My MRI's came back negative for tendon or meniscus tears! Yeehaw. Apparently I have some pretty significant edema of my patella and femor which is causing the pain, swelling, and immobility. That basically means I have one hades of a bruise from the trauma but that it should subside on its own. I do have some chondral fissuring, in other words the injury tore loose some cartilage that covers the bone but the damage is pretty small > 1cm and won't require surgery. Treatment: 4 weeks of PT 3x per week and lots of vitamin I.
I'm a happy man. SYOTR in June.
Dave
My MRI's came back negative for tendon or meniscus tears! Yeehaw. Apparently I have some pretty significant edema of my patella and femor which is causing the pain, swelling, and immobility. That basically means I have one hades of a bruise from the trauma but that it should subside on its own. I do have some chondral fissuring, in other words the injury tore loose some cartilage that covers the bone but the damage is pretty small > 1cm and won't require surgery. Treatment: 4 weeks of PT 3x per week and lots of vitamin I.
I'm a happy man. SYOTR in June.
Dave
! You'll be fine in short order. Definitely ice the knee (twice a day), and follow up with the PT. You will be c-boating soon 
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