By Bill Hobba on Friday, June 02, 2000 - 12:43 pm:

Posted by Bill Hobba on June 01, 2000 at 17:28:46:

I have servere swelling in my left knee but not much pain.

About a 15 months ago I had an arthroscope that showed servere cartledge damage behind the kneecap and associated femula region. The surgon said this was caused by a bad form of patella mistracking.

I did my own research and suspected differently, I thought it was Hypermodility Syndrome (I have most of the signs of it). Of course the surgon could be trying to say the same thing but not being really precise.

I did extesinsive physio and got regular accupuncture after the scope but while the pain was reduced the swelling never went away. Recently my phsio and doctor thought it got worse so I wnet for a trip to anoter surgon. He confirmed the servere damage via X ray but when asked the cause said straight out - Hypermobilty.

Provided the pain is manageable he did not want to do another scope. My GP wanted to do an operation to right the ligiments but the specialists I have seen say this is a major operation that is a bit risky and do not seem keen.

The feeling I get from my reading and discussion with some knowledgeable people (including my GP in the city I had the operation done) that the best course is to put up with it until I am in my mid fifties (I am 45) then have a knee replacement done.

What do people on this forum think? I find accupunture good. Does anyone else have a similar expereince? My accupuntuist is very well qualified, having 7 years training in china in both western mdacine and accupuncture.

By lin on Monday, October 30, 2000 - 03:48 pm:

hi, i have the same problem, hypermobility (havent been diagnosed yet, but i have an appointment with an orthopedist and a rheumatologist and hypermobility and chondromalacia patella) the knee problem you have is chondromalacia patella, i have it too, yet for me there was minor swelling and severe pain, rest and ibuprofin 3 times daily was what they told me to do at the ER, and possibly physical therapy, but i havent seen my doc yet, he is way out of his range of knowledge, thats why i am bypassing him and going to the specilists. i have done alot of research on this all myself, so if you have any questions e-mail me at lin_171@hotmail.com, or if you can help me learn more about anything with this also e-mail me! thanks!