New type of knee surgery!!

[orezok]

My daughter who is 40 had a bad knee. It has no cartilage and was bone on bone. After consulting several doctors, one recommended a "bone marrow aspirate resurfacing" procedure. This is an experimental procedure as of now. Basically they do a bone marrow extraction from her hip. Centrifuge out the stem cells and inject then into the knee. Both procedures are minimally invasive. The bone marrow extraction is the more painful. The procedure was done as an outpatient. I don't know how stem cells from a hip are supposed to grow into knee cartilage , but they do.

The procedure was done in August and she spent a couple of months on crutches to prevent and load on the knee. Then to a cane and now walks with just a slight limp. Followup MRI shoes significant regrowth of cartilage and the doc sez that it should be fully "repaired" in a couple of more months.

I'm surprised that her insurance company agreed to an experimental procedure, but it probably cost less than a full replacement and if it lasts 5 years they hope that another company will bear the cost of full replacement. The doc was hoping that the repair would be permanent, but only time will tell.

 

[clemsonfor]

In the nineties, over a six month period, I had to take many, many Valium and Lortabs due to an inner ear problem and surgery. When it came time to quit I had no problem putting them in a drawer and leaving them.

Cannot understand how anybody can get hooked on that stuff.

Both of them only make me sleepy. I can still feel the pain i was taking them for just kind of makes you forget it a bit. I never saw things or got "high" just sleepy about a hour after taking one. Did not feel any different , did not think any different.

I too dont understand the addiction? They mush be smoking them or taking too many and or drinking with them to get some other result??

 

[clemsonfor]

And Oxycodone is far different than Valium. Much stronger. Valium is not prescribed for pain relief. Here Valium (diazepam) is a benzodiazepine (ben-zoe-dye-AZE-eh-peens). Diazepam affects chemicals in the brain that may be unbalanced in people with anxiety.

Valium is used to treat anxiety disorders, alcohol withdrawal symptoms, or muscle spasms

maybe he means Vicatin? I had that one too along with hydrocodone/acedminephine. Two different times.

percaset and loratab?? those are the trade names right?

 

[techman]

My wife had a bilateral (double) knee replacement in September. She had both done at the same time since the recovery, which was somewhat tougher, was better than doing it twice. November she was using a cane occasionally, but by the end of November she used no aids.

She now walks as well as she did 30 years ago and has no pain. Worked great for her.

paul

 

[Wagtail]

As a rule, if a pill is not scribed to be split, then it can NOT be safely split for the reason RSKY mentioned. The medicine may not be uniform throughout the pill.

I noticed a little guillotine-pill-splitting gadget at the chemist (pharmacy) the other day. That may work.

 

[IXLR8]

I noticed a little guillotine-pill-splitting gadget at the chemist (pharmacy) the other day. That may work.

That will work to split the pill. BUT if the pill is not scribed from the manufacturer, the manufacturer is indicating that the medicine in the pill may NOT be uniformly distributed within the pill and the pill should NOT be split. It is very possible that one half will have all the medicine and the other half will have none. Don't split pills that are not scribed to be split.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Please everyone, be VERY careful taking any medical information/advice from any website (especially a tractor forum! LOL).
There has been a lot of incorrect information posted here so far. Nothing intentional of course, but could be dangerous nonetheless.
Definitely not discouraging RSKY from sharing his experience though.

 

[QRTRHRS]

My wife and I have been getting the rooster comb shots. She started first and also had her blood centrifuged and put back in. After about six months she is getting another series of five shots. Starting the beginning of November when I got better insurance coverage, I have had the first five and 3 of 4 boosters. I would probably not have bothered with the boosters had my wife not decided to go back.

So far, my knee is about 90% better even with putting alot of stress on it decluttering our house in preperation to list it for sale. That included many steps up our concrete exterior basement stairs, wheeling hand truck loads across our wet yard from all the rain we had, up the ramp onto the truck and then stacking it to the ceiling of our rental storage facility.

I don't know how long or well it will work for me. This clinic is one busy place though. Supposedly it is the only one in the state of KY doing the injections with an x-ray device to see exactly where the needle is going. We also do therapy at the clinic and at home. I find the therapy does help me as much as I would rather not bother especially at the end of a busy day.

Having had meniscus, hernia and rotator surgury, I don't do well on Oxycotin, Percoset or etc., etc. I end up with surgical pain and pain from barfing. I just hunker down and grin and bear it. And to think otherwise healthy people pay good money to get high or relief or whatever off of this stuff?

 

[RSKY]

The only advice I'm giving on medication is to take it exactly as instructed.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

The only advice I'm giving on medication is to take it exactly as instructed.

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