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Re: Just back from the OS
Posted By: drmark
Date: Friday, 4 April 2008, at 6:54 p.m.
In Response To: Just back from the OS (Patti K.)
> Just got back from the doctor- He's conservative and wants
> to try all of the non-invasive things before we do a
> scope/biopsy. That's fine with me, even though I'm pretty
> sure a cortizone shot will do nothing. So, I now have a
> cortizone shot and go back in another two weeks to see my
> progress.
> While I'm ready to just go straight to doing the scope, he
> really wants to try out everything else first. Basically,
> he doesn't buy into the rejection of the allograft theory,
> and would only be doing the biopsy as part of a scope to
> look around. When I asked what else it could be, he said
> "let's wait and see if the cortizone does
> anything". Perhaps he didn't want to alarm me with a
> list of items that could be wrong, many of which are
> lifetime problems. What I'm not willing to have now is a
> lifetime of knee swelling without a reason. A knee doesn't
> just swell all of the time- there's a reason. Trying to get
> to it is the frustrating part. What's really funny is that
> everytime I go into to see him, my knee looks fine because
> I always go in the morning. Maybe I need to change my
> appointments to afternoons after I go work out to prove
> that my knee really does swell.
> So, 2 more weeks of strengthening exercises & biking,
> and we'll see where that lands me. I guess marching through
> all of the options, even ones I've done with a different
> doctor that didn't work, is ok. Plus it gives me more time
> to focus on strengthening. Thanks!
Another person who thinks andlives inside the box.
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