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vickster
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Many thanks for your reply 
I have no doubts about the specialist, been seeing him on and off now for 4 years since the initial injury, he did the first arthroscopy to deal with the torn meniscus which sorted the issues due to that pretty quickly. My insurance wouldn't authorise him to do the cartilage repair as he was not involved in trials, so he referred me to another specialist, part of a very experienced cartilage repair team out of the rnoh. He scoped the knee after a wrangle with the insurance company with a view to take cells and proceed to the full repair. However, he determined that I have damage on the tibia took, all lateral as I am knock kneed. He said the option was a distal femoral osteotomy as In his view, the repair has little chance of success with kissing defects. No thanks, I am squeamish about the metal as daft as it seems! I am under no illusion that these are difficult and painful surgeries.
I am back with the first surgeon locally, as much we are seeing what is going on with the bones and also whether the meniscus is again torn. My appointment is in the morning, we will discuss the scan and hopefully I'll have the injection to lubricate the joint and be on my way for a good year. My intention is to live with it, I am not in a great deal of pain, more discomfort. I can't run, but don't want to, can't kneel, not a massive concern and cycling has got much more uncomfortable but livable. My worry is I appear to have a sore right knee too, but I am hoping as a reaction to lefty being grumpy!
Bupa no longer cover maci apparently as the trial that I originally got signed off for has ended so cartilage repair is likely now. I am 41, so on the cusp of being too old anyhow!
I have no doubts about the specialist, been seeing him on and off now for 4 years since the initial injury, he did the first arthroscopy to deal with the torn meniscus which sorted the issues due to that pretty quickly. My insurance wouldn't authorise him to do the cartilage repair as he was not involved in trials, so he referred me to another specialist, part of a very experienced cartilage repair team out of the rnoh. He scoped the knee after a wrangle with the insurance company with a view to take cells and proceed to the full repair. However, he determined that I have damage on the tibia took, all lateral as I am knock kneed. He said the option was a distal femoral osteotomy as In his view, the repair has little chance of success with kissing defects. No thanks, I am squeamish about the metal as daft as it seems! I am under no illusion that these are difficult and painful surgeries.
I am back with the first surgeon locally, as much we are seeing what is going on with the bones and also whether the meniscus is again torn. My appointment is in the morning, we will discuss the scan and hopefully I'll have the injection to lubricate the joint and be on my way for a good year. My intention is to live with it, I am not in a great deal of pain, more discomfort. I can't run, but don't want to, can't kneel, not a massive concern and cycling has got much more uncomfortable but livable. My worry is I appear to have a sore right knee too, but I am hoping as a reaction to lefty being grumpy!
Bupa no longer cover maci apparently as the trial that I originally got signed off for has ended so cartilage repair is likely now. I am 41, so on the cusp of being too old anyhow!
