Re: hello friends

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue, Melt here;

I did have the orthroscopic (sp?) surgery on my knee before the

replacement. They went in to clean it out and found it was totaly

trashed so my next step was replacement. That was 3 years ago. The

first was an outpatient surgery and you go home the same day. I hope

this helps give you a little info. Good luck, till soon, Patty

-- In Stillsdisease@y..., " A. Matera " <cjlabbe01@s...> wrote:

> Hi friends,

>

> Well, I am doing somewhat better, but I really missed everyone

very much, and I really needed to take some sort of break. I was not

sleeping at all, and went two days on a 48 hour period of no sleep

at all and I was a little off the wall. The pain was so bad that I

was crying a lot and just couldn't get comfortable, so I started

to " flare " some and couldn't walk or anything, right before

Christmas, but somehow made it through and it was nice to be with my

family and have the support that I always do have. I saw my Rheumy

today and he said that my left knee is very bad and wants me to see

an orthopedic surgeon very soon and says that he needs to go in and

clean out the knee with small scope. Has anyone every had this

before. He said that it is the knee rubbing against the bone and

that's why it is clicking and making so much noise. It feels

very " brittle " he said and says that it should be done very soon, but

I wonder how often I will have to have this done? Anyone here know?

Well, I missed you all very much, hope that your holiday was nice and

pain free also. I am here now and thank you once again for all the

support and cards and just wonderful letters that I received. They

all meant the world to me, and I apologize for not getting my

Christmas cards out, I really do. I was really having a hard time of

it. I am back on the prednisone again for several weeks and this

stresses me too......I hate it, but he is keeping a close eye on me

again, so I will keep you posted. Much love to everyone, I thought

about you every day.

> Love, Sue #2

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue,

I have been planning to write to you but am still trying to get my thoughts

together. I have a lot of " over-acheiver " information that was helpful to me. I

will send it to you soon, I promise.

On the knee surgery, I did have the " scope " surgery on my right knee in 1997.

The surgery was not for the same reasons as your, exactly. I had grinding noise

in the knee and lots of deep, aching pain. They vacuumed out debrie that was

causing pain and released tension on my knee cap. The surgery was easy, but

recovery was long. I had to teach my whole leg how to work again. I was on

crutches for about 5 months before surgery and about 3 months after. It sounds

to me that if you have bone on bone, you don't have any miniscus left. (the

cushion between the joints) That can be very painful. In my case, if I do damage

to my knee by abusing it, or falling, I will have to have the same surgery

again. I just try to avoid the things that will cause damage. Rehabbing the knee

was very difficult in my case, but that does not mean it would be for you.

Hope this helps. Caroline

" A. Matera " wrote: Hi friends,

Well, I am doing somewhat better, but I really missed everyone very much, and I

really needed to take some sort of break. I was not sleeping at all, and went

two days on a 48 hour period of no sleep at all and I was a little off the wall.

The pain was so bad that I was crying a lot and just couldn't get comfortable,

so I started to " flare " some and couldn't walk or anything, right before

Christmas, but somehow made it through and it was nice to be with my family and

have the support that I always do have. I saw my Rheumy today and he said that

my left knee is very bad and wants me to see an orthopedic surgeon very soon and

says that he needs to go in and clean out the knee with small scope. Has anyone

every had this before. He said that it is the knee rubbing against the bone

and that's why it is clicking and making so much noise. It feels very " brittle "

he said and says that it should be done very soon, but I wonder how often I will

have to have this done? Anyone here know? Well, I missed you all very much,

hope that your holiday was nice and pain free also. I am here now and thank you

once again for all the support and cards and just wonderful letters that I

received. They all meant the world to me, and I apologize for not getting my

Christmas cards out, I really do. I was really having a hard time of it. I am

back on the prednisone again for several weeks and this stresses me too......I

hate it, but he is keeping a close eye on me again, so I will keep you posted.

Much love to everyone, I thought about you every day.

Love, Sue #2

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue,

I have been planning to write to you but am still trying to get my thoughts

together. I have a lot of " over-acheiver " information that was helpful to me. I

will send it to you soon, I promise.

On the knee surgery, I did have the " scope " surgery on my right knee in 1997.

The surgery was not for the same reasons as your, exactly. I had grinding noise

in the knee and lots of deep, aching pain. They vacuumed out debrie that was

causing pain and released tension on my knee cap. The surgery was easy, but

recovery was long. I had to teach my whole leg how to work again. I was on

crutches for about 5 months before surgery and about 3 months after. It sounds

to me that if you have bone on bone, you don't have any miniscus left. (the

cushion between the joints) That can be very painful. In my case, if I do damage

to my knee by abusing it, or falling, I will have to have the same surgery

again. I just try to avoid the things that will cause damage. Rehabbing the knee

was very difficult in my case, but that does not mean it would be for you.

Hope this helps. Caroline

" A. Matera " wrote: Hi friends,

Well, I am doing somewhat better, but I really missed everyone very much, and I

really needed to take some sort of break. I was not sleeping at all, and went

two days on a 48 hour period of no sleep at all and I was a little off the wall.

The pain was so bad that I was crying a lot and just couldn't get comfortable,

so I started to " flare " some and couldn't walk or anything, right before

Christmas, but somehow made it through and it was nice to be with my family and

have the support that I always do have. I saw my Rheumy today and he said that

my left knee is very bad and wants me to see an orthopedic surgeon very soon and

says that he needs to go in and clean out the knee with small scope. Has anyone

every had this before. He said that it is the knee rubbing against the bone

and that's why it is clicking and making so much noise. It feels very " brittle "

he said and says that it should be done very soon, but I wonder how often I will

have to have this done? Anyone here know? Well, I missed you all very much,

hope that your holiday was nice and pain free also. I am here now and thank you

once again for all the support and cards and just wonderful letters that I

received. They all meant the world to me, and I apologize for not getting my

Christmas cards out, I really do. I was really having a hard time of it. I am

back on the prednisone again for several weeks and this stresses me too......I

hate it, but he is keeping a close eye on me again, so I will keep you posted.

Much love to everyone, I thought about you every day.

Love, Sue #2

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue,

I have been planning to write to you but am still trying to get my thoughts

together. I have a lot of " over-acheiver " information that was helpful to me. I

will send it to you soon, I promise.

On the knee surgery, I did have the " scope " surgery on my right knee in 1997.

The surgery was not for the same reasons as your, exactly. I had grinding noise

in the knee and lots of deep, aching pain. They vacuumed out debrie that was

causing pain and released tension on my knee cap. The surgery was easy, but

recovery was long. I had to teach my whole leg how to work again. I was on

crutches for about 5 months before surgery and about 3 months after. It sounds

to me that if you have bone on bone, you don't have any miniscus left. (the

cushion between the joints) That can be very painful. In my case, if I do damage

to my knee by abusing it, or falling, I will have to have the same surgery

again. I just try to avoid the things that will cause damage. Rehabbing the knee

was very difficult in my case, but that does not mean it would be for you.

Hope this helps. Caroline

" A. Matera " wrote: Hi friends,

Well, I am doing somewhat better, but I really missed everyone very much, and I

really needed to take some sort of break. I was not sleeping at all, and went

two days on a 48 hour period of no sleep at all and I was a little off the wall.

The pain was so bad that I was crying a lot and just couldn't get comfortable,

so I started to " flare " some and couldn't walk or anything, right before

Christmas, but somehow made it through and it was nice to be with my family and

have the support that I always do have. I saw my Rheumy today and he said that

my left knee is very bad and wants me to see an orthopedic surgeon very soon and

says that he needs to go in and clean out the knee with small scope. Has anyone

every had this before. He said that it is the knee rubbing against the bone

and that's why it is clicking and making so much noise. It feels very " brittle "

he said and says that it should be done very soon, but I wonder how often I will

have to have this done? Anyone here know? Well, I missed you all very much,

hope that your holiday was nice and pain free also. I am here now and thank you

once again for all the support and cards and just wonderful letters that I

received. They all meant the world to me, and I apologize for not getting my

Christmas cards out, I really do. I was really having a hard time of it. I am

back on the prednisone again for several weeks and this stresses me too......I

hate it, but he is keeping a close eye on me again, so I will keep you posted.

Much love to everyone, I thought about you every day.

Love, Sue #2

[Guest guest]

Sue

Honey i have had several of those cleaning out scopes your rheumy wants

you to see an ortho about. since 1993 i have had 8 scopes to clean it out and

1 patella realighnment. The scopes have lasted about a year for me but after

each scope i have to be on crutches for 12 weeks no weight bearing and

physcial therapy but that is because i have the Avascular Neucrosis in the

knee and it sounds like the clicking and brittle feeling that you may have

some of the also do you get a catching feeling in the knee where it feels its

caught on something and you have to kind of yank it back out. thats how i

have torn alot of the ACLs. and other ligamrnts in the knee.

personally if you can live with the pain i would advise no dont have it. I

need it on my right but iam going to live with it as long as i can.basaically

they can scope for awhile and clean it out to save having the knee

replacement right away.

remeber this is just my experience and opion

love ya

connie

[Guest guest]

Sue

Honey i have had several of those cleaning out scopes your rheumy wants

you to see an ortho about. since 1993 i have had 8 scopes to clean it out and

1 patella realighnment. The scopes have lasted about a year for me but after

each scope i have to be on crutches for 12 weeks no weight bearing and

physcial therapy but that is because i have the Avascular Neucrosis in the

knee and it sounds like the clicking and brittle feeling that you may have

some of the also do you get a catching feeling in the knee where it feels its

caught on something and you have to kind of yank it back out. thats how i

have torn alot of the ACLs. and other ligamrnts in the knee.

personally if you can live with the pain i would advise no dont have it. I

need it on my right but iam going to live with it as long as i can.basaically

they can scope for awhile and clean it out to save having the knee

replacement right away.

remeber this is just my experience and opion

love ya

connie

[Guest guest]

Sue

Honey i have had several of those cleaning out scopes your rheumy wants

you to see an ortho about. since 1993 i have had 8 scopes to clean it out and

1 patella realighnment. The scopes have lasted about a year for me but after

each scope i have to be on crutches for 12 weeks no weight bearing and

physcial therapy but that is because i have the Avascular Neucrosis in the

knee and it sounds like the clicking and brittle feeling that you may have

some of the also do you get a catching feeling in the knee where it feels its

caught on something and you have to kind of yank it back out. thats how i

have torn alot of the ACLs. and other ligamrnts in the knee.

personally if you can live with the pain i would advise no dont have it. I

need it on my right but iam going to live with it as long as i can.basaically

they can scope for awhile and clean it out to save having the knee

replacement right away.

remeber this is just my experience and opion

love ya

connie