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discoid lateral meniscus
ever since i can remember my knee has popping when i bend it, it never bothered me until a few years ago. i never said anything to the doctor because im afraid of needing surgery. in gym we are doing weight training and when we did squats i didnt bend my knee when going down so it hurt bad. then it started to be painless popping. until church and we had to kneel on the bench thing then it kinda was sore. then gym again we did squats and now my knee hurts.i went to the doctor to get my wrist checked out and my mom mentioned my knee. he looked at it and had it xrayed. he thinks it is a discoid lateral meniscus but i am having an MRI done on saturday to make sure nothing is torn in my knee (which he and i dont think is the case since ive had it as long as i can remember) but im scared that something will be torn and will require surgery, had anyone ever torn their ACL or anything that hurts in the left side of the knee? or does anyone have the discoid lateral meniscus? what is it like? i wanna compare it to see if mine is anything like it.
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i actually just had knee surgery to repair a completely torn ACL. it was one month wednesday, and i'm doing great. i had never had surgery before so i had no idea what to expect.
when i initially tore it, it was by far the worst pain i've ever felt in my life. it was in a soccer game, and the stupid girl took out my knee when she tried to kick the ball away from me. a few days after the injury it's really sore and i didn't bend it any. but it got better through physical therapy. although, it was really unstable until surgery, and i couldn't bend it all the way flat [it appeared flat, but i couldn't relax my leg muscle all the way to flatten it without it hurting] or bend it all the way back toward my behind.
but as for surgery- it's really not that bad. i had to stay overnight in the hospital, but tow other students at my school that tore theirs didn't have to [due to different doctors]. i have to keep my leg in an immbolizer. the first week was the worst- you're not used to keeping your leg straight constantly, so it's just a hassle. crutches suck, too. but after three weeks, i was bending it to 90 degrees at physical therapy and quit using crutches, and now i can bend it 105. and they let the immbolizer brace bend after about a month too.
having to take off the brace, find clothes that fit loosely over your swollen knee and put them on, then putting the brace back on gets annoying. but as long as you do what your physical therapist tells you, you'll be fine. plus, since yours isn't likely to be an ACL tear, it shouldn't be near as bad as all this that i'm telling you, haha.
best of luck! i hope nothing is majorly wrong (:
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i cant tell you what it's like but i can tell you you is i think i may have it because when ever i sit down my knee pops i did;nt think anything of it at first but since you posed the question i think im gonna get it checked out sorry i could'nt be more help
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