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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Dec 12, 2025 | Replies (40)Comment receiving replies
How do they treat that?
I don't have my original meniscus anymore. Both of my knees have been replaced. My knee replacements hurt now. They say my replaced knee joints hurt because I have heterotophic ossification (HO) in the soft tissues surrounding my fake knees. HO is a condition where there is bone formation in soft tissues where bone isn't supposed to exist. How weird is that?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519029/
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I have gout so I have uric acid crystals in the joint of my big toe. They assured me it is bone formation and not uric acid crystals around my knees. Anything in places where it shouldn't be always seems to hurt when it gets inflamed.
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@dadcue Rheumy says prednisone improved the pain from chondrocalcinosis. Pain i have now is from torn meniscus.
Assumption is surgery - based on my interpretation of the MRI report, the meniscus is torn, smushed out like a disc gets pushed out, and is frayed on the edges. Going from standing to sitting is excruciating. So at the very least he will trim it.
That is assuming he will do it with a nerve block. I am working hard to preserve as much gray matter as I can. The anesthesia i had when I had lung surgery, which was protracted while they waited on pathologist, had an unquestionable impact on certain types of memory. So i am pretty rigid now about general anesthesia. Fortunately I am not fearful of procedures and have high pain threshold.
My question is whether i am in a rinse and repeat situation. If I am getting crystal formation and the edges of those tears soft tissue like meniscus, What will that mean?
Sadly I can’t ask him questions until January 5th.