Anyone ever tear their meniscus

[muscelove]

I just had an mri done casue my knee had been swollen for 3 weeks. I have a torn meniscus. they say im a candidate for arthroscopic surgery. Has anyone ever had this done. How was the recovery period and are you 100%?

 

[gettnlarge01]

Are they going to remove the whole meniscus or just the damaged part?

 

[Y_lifter]

yes..
Of all the things you could have wrong with your knee requiring surgery,
this one is probably the least impacting. Depending of course on how much of the meniscus they have to remove.. Mine was like only 20%

Scoped it and I was back walking in 2 days without crutches(they tell you to walk on it as soon as you can).

Was back to normal activities in less than a month.
Most of this is Dr orders and you being cautious vs actual pain etc.

It's really minimal what they do, and a good thing that they get it out.
The surgery itself usually does little actual damage to the knee, as they are simply clipping a torn piece of meat that is flapping around causing grief/locking up/popping.

Sometimes, depending on your age etc they will see something else in there and clean/smooth that out as well.

 

[juniorsamples]

I've had 4 Knee surgeries on my right knee. Two of the surgeries were for removal of meniscus. My knee is better off for the surgeries but not 100%.
If you have the surgery, take the Rehab very seriously. Good Luck!

 

[Johnny_Whoops]

I've had meniscal tears in both knees and arthroscopies to fix both. They scoped one knee to see the beginnnig of a tear once and then did the meniscal trim later that year. That first tear was in my freshman year of college and was the result of the body wear from high school wrestling. That recovery sucked and took about 10 months. My range of motion was bad and I couldn't take that knee down into a catcher's stance. The knee was also very swollen for a while. I wasn't in my best shape then though (lots of bong hits and brew-has). Sophomore year in college I started playing rugby and got very fit. My knee lagged with the running/lifting I had to do, but I think it forced it to get better. I was an alternate on the A-squad of a Div. 1 rugby program that next year(just to show you it bounced back). Two more years of rugby followed.....until I blew out the other knee in a practice. No more rugby. I rehab'ed that knee on my own too...in fact I was in such great shape I was gingerly shooting hoops solo the hour after my surgery. I DON'T RECOMMEND THIS...lol. I was up all night writhing in pain when the anastheia wore off. Anyway, this knee came back quick. Not as bad swelling and faster back to normal range of motion. I started playing very physical and very competitive touch football a few years after graduation. Loooong tournament one day and our O-lineman got injured. As DL I stepped in and was blocking two fucking ringers..a DL from UConn and a MLB from Virginia. They rushed me together down after down and slayed me. At the end of the game my knee gave out. Bottom line....for me, no more real physical sports where I can push the knees. Cardio is fine, anything lineal is cool, but I can't cut anymore...I had a good run though. I'm slightly bow-legged and this may make it worse for me, but my knees are definitely ginger. When I go to rugby alum events now, I'm that douche on the sidelines who can't play. Ohh well...