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Hello. I can ask some questions and hope, someone can give me a little bit of personal perspective.
I have had a knee baker's or popliteal cyst behind my left knee for well over 18 months. I had a knee scope on 9-1-2024 as I was told taking care of arthritis and meniscus is getting the root cause, and thus will help to rid of the cyst. Nothing changed.
The knee can give me such a hard time, that I really can barely walk. The worst part is getting out of a chair, or from bed, as the first several minutes are so difficult.
I have an ice machine, which I use each day, 1-3 times a day. I take ibuprofen when I am active. (I work out and play golf and also enjoy working around the house). The only thing that has helped is having my knee drained. The doctor will drain the cyst, and inject some cortisone. This is wonderful but only lasts 3-5 weeks. The cyst always comes back.
I am not a fan of this due to the harmful nature of any steroid, but without doing this https://doctor.global/blog/understan...ment-outcomes/ I am just about unable to do anything. As stated I like to be active but it is very, very hard to do anything. I limp around a lot.
I am very depressed and sad as I am 53 and feel my knee is going to be the death of me. No joke. I just feel I have done everything I can to help and nothing works. I even had a 2nd scope 4 weeks ago, this time the surgeon decompressed the cyst during the knee scope. It is already coming back.
MRIs, Advil, ice, crutches, surgery, aspirations, injections.............this cyst is just so hard to deal with.
My surgeon tells me I have a lot of arthritis in my knee which is causing the synovial fluid to accumulate in the back and the nature of the one-way valve will only allow the fluid to build up. He tells me a TOTAL KNEE replacement will help........... I am just leary of jumping there BUT I feel I am at my end of being able to tolerate this.
Is anyone out there able to give me any personal experience on having a knee baker's cyst, and if a total knee replacement worked for you?
Thanks for any help. I appreciate it.
I have had a knee baker's or popliteal cyst behind my left knee for well over 18 months. I had a knee scope on 9-1-2024 as I was told taking care of arthritis and meniscus is getting the root cause, and thus will help to rid of the cyst. Nothing changed.
The knee can give me such a hard time, that I really can barely walk. The worst part is getting out of a chair, or from bed, as the first several minutes are so difficult.
I have an ice machine, which I use each day, 1-3 times a day. I take ibuprofen when I am active. (I work out and play golf and also enjoy working around the house). The only thing that has helped is having my knee drained. The doctor will drain the cyst, and inject some cortisone. This is wonderful but only lasts 3-5 weeks. The cyst always comes back.
I am not a fan of this due to the harmful nature of any steroid, but without doing this https://doctor.global/blog/understan...ment-outcomes/ I am just about unable to do anything. As stated I like to be active but it is very, very hard to do anything. I limp around a lot.
I am very depressed and sad as I am 53 and feel my knee is going to be the death of me. No joke. I just feel I have done everything I can to help and nothing works. I even had a 2nd scope 4 weeks ago, this time the surgeon decompressed the cyst during the knee scope. It is already coming back.
MRIs, Advil, ice, crutches, surgery, aspirations, injections.............this cyst is just so hard to deal with.
My surgeon tells me I have a lot of arthritis in my knee which is causing the synovial fluid to accumulate in the back and the nature of the one-way valve will only allow the fluid to build up. He tells me a TOTAL KNEE replacement will help........... I am just leary of jumping there BUT I feel I am at my end of being able to tolerate this.
Is anyone out there able to give me any personal experience on having a knee baker's cyst, and if a total knee replacement worked for you?
Thanks for any help. I appreciate it.