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Originally Posted by raeanna74
Thanks for the info guys. Dr gave me some celebrex with the thinking that it could be a portion of soft tissue that got pinched, has remained inflamed from it, and gets continueally pinched. He described it as - when you bite your cheek it gets a little swollen and then you tend to keep biting it.
His plan is that I take the celebrex to try to take down the inflammation. Then come back in two weeks to check on things. If it's still giving me trouble then he will do an MRI to look at the soft tissues. In that case it's most likely a small cartilage tear.
He's hoping that the celebrex will fix things. For now my activity stays the same. I'm just not suppose to climb stairs while carrying kids or heavy items. I can still bike and other such activities.
After he messed with my knee and rotated it and all my knee is killing me now. Arrgghhh Time for an icepack and some celebrex.
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Personally, I would get the MRI regardless. Celebrex is all well and good but it will not resolve the problem (if there is one).
I tore the cartilege that connects to the miniscus and my knee has given me problems ever since. For a while I tried to tough it out with the thinking that my body will adapt (I'm not a big believer in surgery and drugs for every little thing) but I eventually had to go the surgery route when the knee would feel better for months at a time and then some minor shock or motion (sliding off a 3 foot fence i was sitting on to the ground, or getting out of a car) would irritate it causing immense immediate pain and day(s) of soreness.
The MRI may or may not give a definitive answer. In my case the MRI did not pick up the damage but when the surgeon went in he clearly saw the problem. I know others whose MRIs clearly identified it.
FWIW it's been almost 5 years since my surgery and my knee has been relatively trouble free. A couple of months in there where I thought I might have to go back for more surgery but I opted not to since it's not like they can put the cartilege back if they take it out. The more cartilege they remove the weaker the joint is likely to get.
As far as recovery time, I'd give it a week on average. Your mobility will be limited as you'll be on crutches and likely have it bandaged up pretty good. But the time really depends on the person. Right after the surgery my girlfriend drove me to Circuit City and I bought a new tv, loaded it in the car, and unloaded it into the house. Probably not worth the risk in retrospect but I was not going to suffer through a few days stuck in the house watching tv on a 13" tv.
Anyway, good luck and please let us know how it turns out.