Meniscal repair and weight bearing?

[ghymoreid]

Hi guys. I need some advice/help. My orthopod is taking the "softly softly" approach to my knee, so rather than leap straight into a reconstruction, he's going to do an arthroscopic meniscal repair on it this Friday. He's said he won't know until he's in there whether he'll be able to stitch the gaping hole in it or if he'll just have to remove

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[camillenoir]

I'm sorry I can't give you any advice. I may be in the same boat myself: I have a knee injury which hasn't gotten better in 6 months, and my doctor is talking about considering surgery, except that the MRI was normal and it's totally unclear what is going on. I don't like the idea of them going in to have a look-see, but I have had to consider the same sorts of issues if it goes ahead. I too have problems with incisions ripping open, no matter what type of stitches are used. I'd guess easily 2-3x as long as it would take a normal person to heal, and that might be a conservative estimate. Will you be using crutches or a walker in the meantime?

[ghymoreid]

I have a wheelchair, much as I'm not a huge fan of it and my house isn't overly accessible for its use, so I can be totally off the joint for a while if I have to be. I also have crutches, but I have to be careful about the length of time I spend on them as they compromise my shoulders and elbows.

I hope your knee starts behaving itself, or they find something fixable if they do decide to take a peek in it!

[anonymous]

my daughter had the menicus repair did not work then had reconstruction and still did not work. I live in Virginia and every doctor here including CHKD said nothing they could do. We went to Connecticut to see specialist he is the best fixed her knee and she is doing greaT1