i had the menicus tear from a work injury and i did not have the
normal signs so they did not think that was what was wrong it did
not show on xrays and the mri showe possible tears but i just did
not have the locking up or the about to fall thing , they did the
surgery and i had a couple of large tears and it about a yr back at
work and out i went had another surgery and there was 2 more tears
also did not show up on mri so i really don't know what real good
they are for that kind of injury if they don't show up. anyway i
have severe arthritise now and on social security disablity. my
firat doc office also lost my mri and they never found it and it has
been 3 yrs now.

take care and good luck

shirley of socal
>
>
>
> MY FUNNY/ANNOYING DOCTOR STORY:
> I went to see an ortho surgeon (Dr. Ferrari at Camino Medical
Group
> in Sunnyvale, CA) last week for a consultation re. MRI results on
my
> right knee. After asking me the same ?s from our first visit, you
> know, how did you injure yourself, etc, he looked at my knee and
> moved it around a bit. He asked how it was feeling and I told him
> that since Saturday*, it hurts a lot more. He then broke the
> news, "Well you have a ruptured ACL" that's when I interrupted and
> say (nicer than this of course) no shit Sherlock, I told you the
> first time I came in and today that I tore my ACL 3 years ago and
my
> MRI results back then confirmed that. Then the doc goes on to
tell
> me that I now have a tear in my lateral meniscus. Doctor
> explains three possible surgeries to fix my knee. After scaring
me
> half to death I started to ask my main question, what if I don't
get
> surgery? His answer was that I would have to deal with (what he
> calls) "episodes" of my knee giving way.
>
> *That Saturday, when my knee started to hurt again, I was playing
> pool and my knee just locked, I couldn't straighten in for about 9
> hours and had a wedding the next day to attend. After many pain
> killers and hours of ice I managed to strap on my brace, throw on
a
> long skirt, and actually wear some wedged heals. The good thing
> about this lock was that it was less painful to walk on my tippy
> toes (fortunately the heals weren't my biggest problem).
>
> I asked what could have caused the lock and he said that because
my
> meniscus is torn, if my knee bends in just the wrong way that
> ligament can get stuck between my bone and keep it from
> straightening out....does this make sense or is he completely bull
> shitting me????
>
> THE PUNCH LINE:
> After I calmed down I asked to see my films and that's when he
told
> me that the office lost my films and he HAS NOT actually seen
> them. Initial thought was that I was on punked or some prank TV
> show. The bottom line of this horrible doctor visit is that I
can't
> understand how a doctor can give me "results" without actually
> seeing my MRI films. After calling everyone at the office and
> yelling at several people, my films turned up the next day and
> that's why I am going to see this new doctor.
>
> WHY I NEVER GOT SURGERY 3 YERS AGO:
> I never got surgery for my ACL because even after the many doctors
> told me I should, I did physical therapy and a lot of research.
> Within a month my knee started to feel better and got to the point
> that it felt before my accident. In the past three years I have
> been playing some rugby, mainly coaching, taking very intense and
> regular kickboxing classes, playing tennis, and dancing. Last
> month, I was running and my knee went out, and I heard was the
pop.
> All I could do was scream and cry, brought back memories from my
> initial injury. Yet this is my first incident since my tear 3
years
> ago.
>