Re: knee scope

It was an interesting broadcast.

They also indicated a bike is better than a treadmill.

Interesting that problems can occur with nothing showing up on an MRI or 
x-ray.

It seems that surgery to help arthritis is fairly unpredictable.

I'm hoping a good ****tion of my symptoms is due to torn cartilege and the 
surgery will take care of that.

Mel

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>> gRINDER:
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>> My goal is to be able to do activities without pain. This does NOT 
>> include jogging, but I would like to be able to do brisk walking (say a

>> couple of miles) and/or treadmill walking (say 15 laps at 3.1 or so
mph). 
>> Are you able to do this?
>>
>> I wish I could delineate which pain comes from arthritis and which from

>> the meniscus tear!
>>
>> Sounds like an easy recovery -- I hope I'm that lucky!
>>
>> Mel
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> Your Doc will probably want you to use a stationary bike vs. treadmill 
> since it puts less stress on the knee.  I can walk with no pain.  Like I

> said, it really only hurts when I forget about it and do something
stupid. 
> Yesterday I cut a hedge that took 3 hours where I had to go up and down
a 
> ladder in addition to carrying it around.  It didn't hurt afterward 
> although it let me know it was there a couple of times.  Knee bothered
me 
> a little but no big deal.
>
> Check to see if this broadcast is available for download.  Very very 
> interesting:
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> Knees and Knee Surgery
> http://www.kqed.org/programs/radio/forum/
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