Hello

Louise

Hello I have just been diagnosed with mild arthritis in my knee, for months I was being treated for a bakers cyst until I was actually given an mri scan which showed quite a few problems with my knee. My orthopaedic consultant has just referred me to a knee specialist at the hospital to discuss possible surgery. Just wondered if anyone has had surgery on their knee and did it help

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Hi Louise Welcome to the forum,yes I have had 2 knee replacements 1 on each knee I have found the ops very valuable as after the initial ops 6 weeks after I was pain free and walking without sticks it changed my life and have had the replacements Left for 8 years and Right for 5 years still going strong but I did choose a surgeon who only replaced knees nothing else.
This forum will help as everyone here has a form of arthritis and knows what you are going through you will find them willing to chat and give you advice. We also have a helpline if you want to talk
to a person telephone 0808 800 4050 just choose a forum and get started
All the best Christine t98112

Louise

Thank you Christine forums like this are great as you can talk to people going through the same thing. I'm not too keen on having surgery I have a tear in the medial mescial part of my knee with cartridge damage. My orthopaedic consultant has said if I have surgery to repair the tear it will accelerate my arthritis.

frogmorton

Hello there Louise welcome to the forum from me too.

I'm glad they have finally found your problem :roll:

This link takes you to a thread in 2012 when the forum was awash with knee operations!

https://arthritiscareforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=34009

Don't forget to let us know how you get on

Toni xx

Louise

Thank you for the link x