Should Chuckie have surgery for her torn meniscus

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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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  • GP - having a similar/related issue myself, my vote may be somewhat skewed. I think the knees are pretty important, and would vote for getting it taken care off sooner rather than later. However, it sounds like Chuckie has been getting around ok... so if she can be careful until February, why not wait. Most of these injuries they don't send you to surgery right away anyways.
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  • GP - having a similar/related issue myself, my vote may be somewhat skewed. I think the knees are pretty important, and would vote for getting it taken care off sooner rather than later. However, it sounds like Chuckie has been getting around ok... so if she can be careful until February, why not wait. Most of these injuries they don't send you to surgery right away anyways.
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