On the other hand, there's confusion: Sports med doc ignores cartilage, focuses on cyst, drains it and shoots cortisone into the knee. Pain returns worse than before. Family doc, after consulting with orthopedic surgeon, says, "Bad news. Big tear. Fix is likely surgical and likely big. Go see specialist." Pain gets better, while I behave like a Doomsday Prepper, trying to figure out how I'll drive with my whole right side in traction. Specialist says, "Yup, see tear and cyst and bone bruise. Draining cysts is pointless, cortisone is pointless. Let's give you three shots in the joint to augment the cartilage you have and the less running you do, the less you wear on it, obviously. But I'm not telling you to not run. Run if you can stand it." Huh?
On the third hand (I can have three ... like a beautiful Hindu goddess, please), there's frustration: Am I not listening right? Do I not understand what they're saying? I know in my heart I'm going to be sitting in the same spot six months from now, asking the same damn questions. I don't feel like I'm getting a "fix.: But I'm also not sure there is a "fix." I'm a reasonably educated woman who occasionally solves a difficult problem or two and I just can't seem to understand this.
I just want to run.
And then be able to walk afterward.
And I don't want to dick around in between.
So we'll try the shots. One a week for three weeks into the joint. And then go from there. Again.
Sorry I got you all whipped up. Apparently, I don't know what I am feeling and don't understand what I'm being told. So I'm never mentioning my knee again, to spare you and me the annoyance.
And then be able to walk afterward.
And I don't want to dick around in between.
So we'll try the shots. One a week for three weeks into the joint. And then go from there. Again.
Sorry I got you all whipped up. Apparently, I don't know what I am feeling and don't understand what I'm being told. So I'm never mentioning my knee again, to spare you and me the annoyance.
2 comments:
Often doctors have a bigger plan. Sometimes they recommend an "easier" treatment to see if it works. If it doesn't, then they may opt for the surgery. Maybe the ortho's communication stinks and he's only in phase one of your treatment? I would ask the PA who is going to inject next week what this all could lead to. Ask him what happens if the injections don't make you feel better. Perhaps he/she will communicate better.
I know what you are explaining is right. And I don't mean to sound like I want surgery. I just want a fix. And finding something "wrong" got me hopeful that I could make it right. With some more thought and internet research, I think I understand that the potential surgical fixes are not as easy as snipping a bit of rough edge off and there isn't something to sew together. He described the surgical options as "heroic" which makes me think trying non-surgical is a better option.
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