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[rudy]

On 7/12/2014 Mmsfoxxie said: I just read about Synvisc injections. You can have more than one. There is Synvisc, which is 3 injections and there is Synvisc One, which is only 1 injection. What the difference is, I don't know. I am so suspicious of medicine side effects. On Thursday, I took a prescribed pain pill called Hydrocodone/acetaminophen 5-325. An hour later I had the sweats and was nauseous. Vomited practically all day....very sick. I took it with food and water. Next day I was very weak but better. Sometimes dealing with the AO might be better.

I have the same reaction to hydrocodone! Tramadol has been helpful, with no weird side effects. Good luck to you.

[Gooday]

On 7/12/2014 Mmsfoxxie said:

On 7/11/2014 Gooday said:

I just had a knee arthroscopy three weeks ago today for a large tear of the meniscus. The surgeon who did my knee was my former boss. I do not know how I tore it but I have a sneaking suspicion it was because I climbed many stairs the day before my pain started. (that's another story).

I continue to have some postop pain but I am nearly 61 and I am carrying a few extra pounds. The first week I hurt like the dickens. That coupled with the fact they placed the tourniquet to tight on my thigh. I know a poster here said that tourniquets are not used for arthroscopy but, I beg to differ as I read the operative report and discussed this with my surgeon. He also told me that I had a lot of arthritis that did not show up on x-ray. I have an appt. to see him next week. He showed me exercises to do for my quads and said I did not need therapy as long as I worked on this. He said NO impact activities and stick to swimming, biking and short walks. He also said if after a while my pain recurs, take the occasional non-steroidal and that he could give me the occasional cortisone injection or a course of Synvisc.

Gooday, I was hoping that you would respond because I remembered your post. Although the doctor didn't mention meniscus, our cases sound similar. I was walking up the stairs at work when my pain started, too. I walk a lot and go up and downstairs a lot at work...usually fast trying to get an aerobic benefit out of it. Specifically, I wanted to know how long after your surgery did you drive? Or have you driven yet? When I go back to work in August, I would be driving appropriately 9 miles each way....18 miles. My research said driving was a no no for 6 to 8 weeks.

It is my left knee which hurts like the dickens today! I was driving before the surgery and if it weren't for the fact I was avoiding the stairs in my condo, I could have driven the next day or after the anesthesia had left my system. I cannot say the same if it had been my right knee. My good friend had an arthroscopy for torn meniscus and she said it was 3 weeks before she felt significant relief but that it still took a few weeks after that. You should know that she and I are both retired. If you have a sitting job and depending on your age, a few weeks should do you just fine.

[Mmsfoxxie]

On 7/12/2014 Gooday said:

On 7/12/2014 Mmsfoxxie said:

On 7/11/2014 Gooday said:

I just had a knee arthroscopy three weeks ago today for a large tear of the meniscus. The surgeon who did my knee was my former boss. I do not know how I tore it but I have a sneaking suspicion it was because I climbed many stairs the day before my pain started. (that's another story).

I continue to have some postop pain but I am nearly 61 and I am carrying a few extra pounds. The first week I hurt like the dickens. That coupled with the fact they placed the tourniquet to tight on my thigh. I know a poster here said that tourniquets are not used for arthroscopy but, I beg to differ as I read the operative report and discussed this with my surgeon. He also told me that I had a lot of arthritis that did not show up on x-ray. I have an appt. to see him next week. He showed me exercises to do for my quads and said I did not need therapy as long as I worked on this. He said NO impact activities and stick to swimming, biking and short walks. He also said if after a while my pain recurs, take the occasional non-steroidal and that he could give me the occasional cortisone injection or a course of Synvisc.

Gooday, I was hoping that you would respond because I remembered your post. Although the doctor didn't mention meniscus, our cases sound similar. I was walking up the stairs at work when my pain started, too. I walk a lot and go up and downstairs a lot at work...usually fast trying to get an aerobic benefit out of it. Specifically, I wanted to know how long after your surgery did you drive? Or have you driven yet? When I go back to work in August, I would be driving appropriately 9 miles each way....18 miles. My research said driving was a no no for 6 to 8 weeks.

It is my left knee which hurts like the dickens today! I was driving before the surgery and if it weren't for the fact I was avoiding the stairs in my condo, I could have driven the next day or after the anesthesia had left my system. I cannot say the same if it had been my right knee. My good friend had an arthroscopy for torn meniscus and she said it was 3 weeks before she felt significant relief but that it still took a few weeks after that. You should know that she and I are both retired. If you have a sitting job and depending on your age, a few weeks should do you just fine.

Thanks, Gooday. Looks like I'll have to go with the injection and hope for the best and if surgery is necessary, I'll do it next year. I'll have to do the old lady hop when it comes to stairs, lol.