MRI results
Dec. 14th, 2010 12:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellotron_breakfastBeing the type of writer I am, I spent absurd amounts of time considering how I would explain any possible problem this could be. From cartilage loss, to a need for a spur shave surgery, right up to osteosarcoma, these were all just idle writing exercises waiting for reality to give them some reason to be.
Instead, try none of the above. It's just a mild case of slightly thinned articular cartilage over the medial and lateral faces of the kneecap; no other problem whatsoever was found, other cartilage is stellar and every ligament is normal. The doctor described it as "a softening of the tip of the bone that is common in men your age, nothing to do about it but take Advil and Tylenol".
It has a fancy Latin name. You can see it in the link. Personally, the only language I speak is Canadian, but I guess that didn't stop me from using this foreign language on more character-restrictive media.
The bad news, if any, is that there's really nothing to help this problem get better faster, no treatments or surgeries. Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. A knee brace is useful. Advil and Tylenol if necessary. Physiotherapy is likely. And yet, it's a problem aggravated by sitting in a chair, which I can confirm from lived experience. So, continue not being as active as before... and feel more pain in the short term as a result. This could carry on for months.
I guess I should be happy.
Instead, try none of the above. It's just a mild case of slightly thinned articular cartilage over the medial and lateral faces of the kneecap; no other problem whatsoever was found, other cartilage is stellar and every ligament is normal. The doctor described it as "a softening of the tip of the bone that is common in men your age, nothing to do about it but take Advil and Tylenol".
It has a fancy Latin name. You can see it in the link. Personally, the only language I speak is Canadian, but I guess that didn't stop me from using this foreign language on more character-restrictive media.
The bad news, if any, is that there's really nothing to help this problem get better faster, no treatments or surgeries. Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. A knee brace is useful. Advil and Tylenol if necessary. Physiotherapy is likely. And yet, it's a problem aggravated by sitting in a chair, which I can confirm from lived experience. So, continue not being as active as before... and feel more pain in the short term as a result. This could carry on for months.
I guess I should be happy.
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Date: 2010-12-16 06:18 am (UTC)*hug*
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Date: 2010-12-17 05:03 pm (UTC)