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Back in mid-August when I suddenly couldn’t walk anymore without using crutches Kate @sledpress said it sounded like a torn meniscus and… guess what? She was right. Well, there are a few other things thrown into the mess, but this seems to be the biggie. And it was the reason that yesterday my GP pushed for another traumatologist appt ASAP. Of course I’m happy that this is finally being taken seriously, but it’s kind of a year late as my right knee was clearly the one with serious issues as far back as summer 2023. Instead I got the first MRI done on the left knee Sept 2023 (booked the previous June) and – until now – have been told that the right knee pain was because I am old and fat. Remember when I went to emergency last October and then had that disastrous appointment with the dismissive traumatologist? Anyhow, now I wait again. Meanwhile, can’t work, can’t walk… though I’m still getting out for a daily hobble and I’m also keeping up with my chair workouts.
If any of you understand DOCTOR here is the translated report of last week’s MRI…
Findings
A study of the right knee was performed with coronal T1 and STIR series, sagittal T”, DP Dixon and axial T2.
Commentary
There is no bone endothelial disease with preservation of the marrow signal, and bone cortices in the femur, tibia, fibula and patella.
Grade II gonarthrosis of the femoral-patellar, osteophytes and generalized chondropathy in the patella and focal chondropathy in the femoral trochlea.
Grade II gonarthrosis of the internal femorotibial compartment, generalized, osteophyte, edema of the subchondral bone in the internal femoral condyle and internal tibial plateau, extruded internal meniscus, degenerated with rupture of the posterior horn and chronic overload of the internal collateral.
Preservation of the external femorotibial compartment and external meniscus.
There are no injuries to the cruciate ligaments, external collateral ligament, tendon patellar tendon, biceps tendon, iliotibial tract and goose foot.
Moderate joint effusion with diffuse distribution and suprapatellar and internal patellar synovial plica.
Radiological judgment
Grade II gonarthrosis of the femorropatella and internal compartment of the femorotibial with tear of the internal meniscus and chronic overload of the internal collateral. Joint effusion.
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Hm hm hm okay! Well, I can parse about half of that. If I’m reading it right, they’re saying that that disc of meniscus cartilage is actually squishing out from between the bones at one point, like a herniated disc. And the “internal collateral ligament” strain sounds like you could benefit from some pumped up arch support, since that suggest a deviation inward of the knee joint (very common if your feet pronate) putting extra strain on the ligaments.
I don’t know the grading system unfortunately, so it’s hard to tell how bad they consider the knee arthritis (“gonarthrosis”). Osteophytes are essentially stalactites and stalagmites of calcium crystallization that the body starts to lay down where there’s inflammation. They are rough and poky and mean to soft cartilage.
Did you use a translation program? Because I had to chuckle at “goose foot,” which is the literal translation of “pes anserinus,” which is the omnibus attachment of your inner hamstring and adductor muscles crossing the knee, and the medical Latin would still be used in an English-language report. We really ought to just call it goose foot.
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Yes, I used google translate, which is usually pretty good with stuff like medical terms. But the actual medical term in the Spanish report is Pata de Ganso!
No hay lesiones de ligamentos cruzados, colateral externo, tendón rotuliano, tendón del bíceps, tracto iliotibial y pata de ganso.
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Love it!
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Ouch! 😦
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