Cartilage problem

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Cartilage problem Sept 20, 2014 5:37:16 GMT

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Post by kirky72 on Sept 20, 2014 5:37:16 GMT

Just a few days into a visit to china I turned and my foot gripped a plush carpet a bit too much, I'm sure I've torn my cartilage. I have been experiencing pain from my knee for a few months so this may have just been the nail in the coffin.

ive torn my other cartilage 20 years ago so it's been a matter of time I guess.

i recall that I recovered to gentle running last time in around 3 weeks but now the wrong side of 40 I'm concerned just how long the recovery time may be. Does anybody have if a similar age of experience of how long it may take to get back cycling?

i also have the dilemma that I have a rather pricey bike on order due for despatch from Zee Germans next week, so it's going to arrive and I'll be looking helplessly at the box for a couple of months or however long it takes to get an operation date and recover. I've insured it from the expected arrival date already so I'm paying out for this.

if I cancel I'll be waiting until next year for the same model or sold out.

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Cartilage problem Sept 20, 2014 7:17:56 GMT

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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 7:17:56 GMT

You should be fine mate. I played a lot of football when younger - ended up having 4 operations on my knees for cartilage tears and a couple of clean outs too. last time I went to have it done the saw bones told me I have 50% left in one knee and 60% in the other and I've never had a twinge since even though I played until my mid 40's, now tbf although I was under private health at the time I'm sure the standard of repair will be the same NHS (just have to wait longer whereas we were got in next day).

I had torn cartilage in both knees at the same time once and they were both trimmed back on the same day - I walked out of the hospital that day too, just my knees were 'squelching' a bit

. I was back in training 3 weeks later.

Basically what I am saying is don't worry - get yourself on the list ASAP (play it up a bit with the Doc ie can't work, constant pain)

I reckon you'll be off the bike 2/3 weeks max, dependant on the extent of the tear of course. It's a minor op these days - the surgeon even let me watch mine on a TV monitor while he had the tiny camera inside my knee - it was great!

HTH

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Cartilage problem Sept 20, 2014 9:46:15 GMT

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Post by kirky72 on Sept 20, 2014 9:46:15 GMT

Hopefully it is the cartilage from a distant memory it feels the same as my last one. I had keyhole surgery and removed from my other knee 21 years ago I wasabi little uncertain if I might mend as quickly or as you say the medical side may be even better so it could be quicker.

I'm on private medical through work so will get to see a consultant as quickly as possible. The guy that did it last time was one of the top knee surgeons at the time but he's probably retired now and we eve down graded the cover standard slightly so it may not cover the same high class hospital as last time, still should be quicker and better than NHS though.

Spent half the day today trying to explain the problem to the Chinese and get a knee brace to tide me over, they were intent on fixing it with needles.