Light at the end of the tunnel!

[SweetSecret]

Definitely due your research before you jump into surgery.

I had a lateral complex tear of my meniscus, the ortho said that "fixing it" is nearly impossible so what they do is remove the torn area. Long story short I felt worse after the surgery, couldn't run anymore because the meniscus(cushion) between my leg bones had been removed. Going through with the surgery ended up getting me a medical discharge from the Army....and I will probably have pretty bad arthritis before I'm 35.

Point of the story surgery isn't always a magic cure, get second....third opinions.

The results report said mine is:

"obliquely oriented inferior surface tear of the medial meniscus posterior horn that propagates into the meniscal ligament root insertion and towards the body junction."
Further below it goes onto say that there is a lot of inflammation in the area... probably from leaving this unresolved for a year and a half.

There is actually a doctor about an hour away from here who specializes in knee injuries, so I may see if my MRI scans can be sent to him for a second opinion before I jump into surgery.

Thank you for responding! Knowing someone else has been through this and understands probably helps me the most right now. I'll certainly see about the second opinion as you advised.