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Something similar happened to me with my lateral release. I also

developed tendonitis and was put in a full leg brace. Meanwhile

during that time my other knee worsened. Also, with my surgery

something went wrong and now it is wobbly and gives on me. I can't

run or walk fast and it swells frequently. I've been to 5 different

ortho Drs and of course, they can't or won't tell me what is going

on. Although in the x-rays it shows that knee is aligned well

now. It seems to have also affected the muscles in my legs. I

guess because the knees are so out of alignment now and I walk

differently. The muscles almost give me as much pain as my knee at

times. I do go and get trigger point therapy done and that has

seemed to help the most.

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>Message: 1

> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:57:00 -0800 (PST)

> From: Annette Dowty <crazedbykidsx3@...>

>Subject: Re: New member Post op from 10/26/2005

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>hi,

> sorry to hear you are having so much pain and problems yet. I

> can sympathize with ya because I myself am in the same place you

> are. In July of 2004 I had the same thing done, lateral release

> with the chondroplasty. Recovery went pretty good and for about a

> month I had no pain and was making good progress. Then I developed

> tendonitis behind the knee and bursitis in my hip from walking

> different because of the surgery. That set me back and things went

> down hill from there. About three weeks ago they scoped it again

> to see if the whole knee joint was bad or if it was just the

> kneecap itself from all the CM. The good news was that it was only

> the kneecap and not the whole knee. He cleaned it up, and was

> hoping to buy a few years before replacement, but said with as bad

> as it is I will be lucky to make it 6 months. My knee is worse now

> than it has ever been, constantly catching and hurting. I know

> after my LR it took months to get it somewhat back to normal. It took!

> me alot

> of PT and hard work. Just stick with it as best you can, and

> hopefully things will work out for you better than they are for

> me. Good luck. Annette

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>don <panteradon@...> wrote:

> On 10/26/2005, I had a lateral release after having sever pain to

>the point of not being able to touch my foot to the ground. It was

>first diagnosed as a torn meniscus, but when I had the surgery, they

>did the following:

>Chondroplasty of the patellofemoral joint

>Lateral Release

>Plica resection

>

>IN the notes was " the trochlea was found to have sever

>chondromalacia, but not full thickness tears. He has a grade III to

>IV chondromalacia.

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>It has now been four months since surgery. I still cannot go up or

>down stairs without sever pain. I am increasingly worried about my

>ability to participate in sports.

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>Riding a stationary bike with no resistance is also very painfull.

>

>I was on crutches for a couple of days and used a cane for about two

>weeks.

>

>Any comments are appreciated.

>

>

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