Guest guest Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 HI Rae... That stuff is Cartlidge. I know...I have none in my left knee. Its all been taken out during my many knee operations. It is no fun being bone-on-bone. My knee swell constantly, and hurt more than I care to talk about. I would suggest you doctor get you a good knee brace. I use one by Orthologic, called the " Unloader " . It takes the pressure off my knee and creates space in between the bones. It's bulky, but works. Larry in New Orleans Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote: well i went and saw my regular doctor and he took ex-rays of my knees... wow, what a change since the last time he took them.. my right knee does not have that stuff between the two bones that makes the joint be able to move.. looking straight on to my knee, it is the inside that is bone to bone... the right side still has that stuff *what is it called* i can not think of it right now... duh! ha ha ha well, he gave me a cortisone shot in my knee and said to stay off of it for at least two days... and preferably three! so i have been home resting... it hurts so bad... ( he is hopeing that the enbrel and the cortisone witll take the inflamation away... BUT, what if it doesn't??? i am feeling better everywhere else...) just can't walk... ha ha ha ha ha... rae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 HI Rae... That stuff is Cartlidge. I know...I have none in my left knee. Its all been taken out during my many knee operations. It is no fun being bone-on-bone. My knee swell constantly, and hurt more than I care to talk about. I would suggest you doctor get you a good knee brace. I use one by Orthologic, called the " Unloader " . It takes the pressure off my knee and creates space in between the bones. It's bulky, but works. Larry in New Orleans Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote: well i went and saw my regular doctor and he took ex-rays of my knees... wow, what a change since the last time he took them.. my right knee does not have that stuff between the two bones that makes the joint be able to move.. looking straight on to my knee, it is the inside that is bone to bone... the right side still has that stuff *what is it called* i can not think of it right now... duh! ha ha ha well, he gave me a cortisone shot in my knee and said to stay off of it for at least two days... and preferably three! so i have been home resting... it hurts so bad... ( he is hopeing that the enbrel and the cortisone witll take the inflamation away... BUT, what if it doesn't??? i am feeling better everywhere else...) just can't walk... ha ha ha ha ha... rae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 hi Larry: I know knee problems are no fun........they never seem to go away completely...have you ever had Synvisc injections? I did it a couple years ago and it seemed to help for awhile but that was when my workers comp was paying for it......it have a torn ACL that they never fixed......dr said I was too old..........so now I have to live with it. Hope you are doing ok Pat in So Ore --- Larry Holmack <bichondaddy1057@...> wrote: > > HI Rae... > > That stuff is Cartlidge. I know...I have none in my > left knee. Its all been taken out during my many > knee operations. It is no fun being bone-on-bone. My > knee swell constantly, and hurt more than I care to > talk about. I would suggest you doctor get you a > good knee brace. I use one by Orthologic, called the > " Unloader " . It takes the pressure off my knee and > creates space in between the bones. It's bulky, but > works. > > Larry in New Orleans > > Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote: > well i went and saw my regular doctor and he took > ex-rays of my knees... wow, what a change since the > last time he took them.. my right knee does not have > that stuff between the two bones that makes the > joint be able to move.. looking straight on to my > knee, it is the inside that is bone to bone... the > right side still has that stuff *what is it called* > i can not think of it right now... duh! ha ha ha > well, he gave me a cortisone shot in my knee and > said to stay off of it for at least two days... and > preferably three! > so i have been home resting... > it hurts so bad... ( > he is hopeing that the enbrel and the cortisone > witll take the inflamation away... BUT, what if it > doesn't??? > > i am feeling better everywhere else...) just > can't walk... ha ha ha ha ha... > > rae > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 hi Larry: I know knee problems are no fun........they never seem to go away completely...have you ever had Synvisc injections? I did it a couple years ago and it seemed to help for awhile but that was when my workers comp was paying for it......it have a torn ACL that they never fixed......dr said I was too old..........so now I have to live with it. Hope you are doing ok Pat in So Ore --- Larry Holmack <bichondaddy1057@...> wrote: > > HI Rae... > > That stuff is Cartlidge. I know...I have none in my > left knee. Its all been taken out during my many > knee operations. It is no fun being bone-on-bone. My > knee swell constantly, and hurt more than I care to > talk about. I would suggest you doctor get you a > good knee brace. I use one by Orthologic, called the > " Unloader " . It takes the pressure off my knee and > creates space in between the bones. It's bulky, but > works. > > Larry in New Orleans > > Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote: > well i went and saw my regular doctor and he took > ex-rays of my knees... wow, what a change since the > last time he took them.. my right knee does not have > that stuff between the two bones that makes the > joint be able to move.. looking straight on to my > knee, it is the inside that is bone to bone... the > right side still has that stuff *what is it called* > i can not think of it right now... duh! ha ha ha > well, he gave me a cortisone shot in my knee and > said to stay off of it for at least two days... and > preferably three! > so i have been home resting... > it hurts so bad... ( > he is hopeing that the enbrel and the cortisone > witll take the inflamation away... BUT, what if it > doesn't??? > > i am feeling better everywhere else...) just > can't walk... ha ha ha ha ha... > > rae > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 yikes, it really hurts, huh??? i have to step just right or i get a pain and nearly fall to the ground..;o( cartlidge... wow, there was none on the inside of my right knee, but there was a lot on the outside of the joint... i wonder how that happens??? i do not remember an injury in the last few years... hummmm, thinking... i do not have a very good memory, ha ha ha ha... well, i will ask for a brace because i am so used to running places and now i hobble, slowly... some of the swelling has gone down... but it is still swollen compared to the lleft knee... thanks, larry... i wonder when they will have a cartlidge replacement surgery?????? rae Re: [ ] bad knee... HI Rae... That stuff is Cartlidge. I know...I have none in my left knee. Its all been taken out during my many knee operations. It is no fun being bone-on-bone. My knee swell constantly, and hurt more than I care to talk about. I would suggest you doctor get you a good knee brace. I use one by Orthologic, called the " Unloader " . It takes the pressure off my knee and creates space in between the bones. It's bulky, but works. Larry in New Orleans Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote: well i went and saw my regular doctor and he took ex-rays of my knees... wow, what a change since the last time he took them.. my right knee does not have that stuff between the two bones that makes the joint be able to move.. looking straight on to my knee, it is the inside that is bone to bone... the right side still has that stuff *what is it called* i can not think of it right now... duh! ha ha ha well, he gave me a cortisone shot in my knee and said to stay off of it for at least two days... and preferably three! so i have been home resting... it hurts so bad... ( he is hopeing that the enbrel and the cortisone witll take the inflamation away... BUT, what if it doesn't??? i am feeling better everywhere else...) just can't walk... ha ha ha ha ha... rae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 yikes, it really hurts, huh??? i have to step just right or i get a pain and nearly fall to the ground..;o( cartlidge... wow, there was none on the inside of my right knee, but there was a lot on the outside of the joint... i wonder how that happens??? i do not remember an injury in the last few years... hummmm, thinking... i do not have a very good memory, ha ha ha ha... well, i will ask for a brace because i am so used to running places and now i hobble, slowly... some of the swelling has gone down... but it is still swollen compared to the lleft knee... thanks, larry... i wonder when they will have a cartlidge replacement surgery?????? rae Re: [ ] bad knee... HI Rae... That stuff is Cartlidge. I know...I have none in my left knee. Its all been taken out during my many knee operations. It is no fun being bone-on-bone. My knee swell constantly, and hurt more than I care to talk about. I would suggest you doctor get you a good knee brace. I use one by Orthologic, called the " Unloader " . It takes the pressure off my knee and creates space in between the bones. It's bulky, but works. Larry in New Orleans Rae Sandberg <Raes_Yorkies@...> wrote: well i went and saw my regular doctor and he took ex-rays of my knees... wow, what a change since the last time he took them.. my right knee does not have that stuff between the two bones that makes the joint be able to move.. looking straight on to my knee, it is the inside that is bone to bone... the right side still has that stuff *what is it called* i can not think of it right now... duh! ha ha ha well, he gave me a cortisone shot in my knee and said to stay off of it for at least two days... and preferably three! so i have been home resting... it hurts so bad... ( he is hopeing that the enbrel and the cortisone witll take the inflamation away... BUT, what if it doesn't??? i am feeling better everywhere else...) just can't walk... ha ha ha ha ha... rae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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