Last week Chuckie had an MRI done on her right knee. It sometime clicks, locks up and causes lots of pain.
We just got back from the knee surgeon, he said she has a torn meniscus. He wants to get in there and explore and clean up the tear. Can it be healed any other way??
Should Chuckie have surgery for her torn meniscus???
He says if we go to his clinic it will cost $600 we just have to pay the nurses the Government pays him.
Of course in Canada if we go to the hospital it is free. He can do it in the clinic this week or we can go on the waiting list for the Hospital it is about six months.
We can have about 150 Margaritas in Mexico for the $600 and Chuckie says wait til we get back in about six months and have it done in the Hospital day surgery. I don't want to rush her but should we do it now?
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Your first mistake was doing the MRI. Now the murderer (I mean the surgeon) has an excuse to cut your wife up. Okay, here is the deal: is this knee thing bothering Chuckie, is it impeding her movement, is it making her quality of life less than what it use to be? Go by the clinical status. Get a second opinion if it doesn't cost you. I work at an MRI place. I see plenty of exams done without much of a clinical evidence or need. People want to get pictures of their bones and innards and some think the darn thing might cure them! My son who is 20 had a little piece of torn something in his knee. I gave him an epidural and the orthopedic guy went in with his scopes and cut up a tiny piece and rinsed it out. It was like removing a piece of gravel from your shoe. The surgery was at 9 and by 12 I took my son home. By 16:00 he was off to see his girl friend, driving his car. BUT when you are talking older patients everything is different. Remember, surgeons want to operate, they are trained for that and don't think consevatively. If the darn thing ain't hurting or getting in the way of normal movement, just let it be....billy fanstone
Your first mistake was doing the MRI. Now the murderer (I mean the surgeon) has an excuse to cut your wife up. Okay, here is the deal: is this knee thing bothering Chuckie, is it impeding her movement, is it making her quality of life less than what it use to be? Go by the clinical status. Get a second opinion if it doesn't cost you. I work at an MRI place. I see plenty of exams done without much of a clinical evidence or need. People want to get pictures of their bones and innards and some think the darn thing might cure them! My son who is 20 had a little piece of torn something in his knee. I gave him an epidural and the orthopedic guy went in with his scopes and cut up a tiny piece and rinsed it out. It was like removing a piece of gravel from your shoe. The surgery was at 9 and by 12 I took my son home. By 16:00 he was off to see his girl friend, driving his car. BUT when you are talking older patients everything is different. Remember, surgeons want to operate, they are trained for that and don't think consevatively. If the darn thing ain't hurting or getting in the way of normal movement, just let it be....billy fanstone
