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Fluid retention after a knee replacement
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@clark1955 I am really curious as to why you’re seeing in Orthopedic Group are they that good that you thought you think that they’re going to handle your situation that’s great I have had nobody even give me an MRI and I said shouldn’t you do more of a scan to see if there’s any problems and everybody says no I’ve seen three orthopedic surgeons already basically what the last one told me and he seems so uncaring was that their orthopedist to learn in charge of putting the knees in what happens afterwards you know they can’t do anything about the swelling that’s what I was told that they deal with the bone I would have to see a vascular doctor or a heart doctor
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@thundergirl1129
Great question as to why my long time primary care physician has attempted to go back to the orthopedic surgery specialty for a solution. We’ve played stump the chump with cardiologists, vascular specialists and I’ve been to the top arthritis doctor here in seattle who ran a full work up of possible forms of arthritis including tests to see if my knee inflammation was due to a metal allergy. Dead end. Sub radiological specialists consulted out of UCLA why works as an interventional (?) radiologist who uses a pretty technical treatment involving placement of (layperson terms by me) of targeted form of micro beads into specific areas of the knees to essentially block the every key growing blood vessels in both my knees. Plug off key ones that cause the branch of vessels to atrophy. Reduce the vessel that cause excess synovial fluid and bone spurs. When I found out if it works it is good for maybe 6-8 months. If something goes wrong a bead could travel down the leg to the ankle foot and cause damage. Not ready to experiment. Just dealing with the symptoms. Don’t need to make it worse
It’s as if what I thought was a healthy body to still react 3 years after my TKR’s as if they were still healing and repairing themselves.
So I’ve been referred to professional sports medicine orthopedics- the professionals who have to follow up with their patients (their careers depend on it) and my primary care physician had been hopeful I wasn’t this outlier. That they had seen it before. They all responded with fresh tests and X-rays with a “no” or they would consider me as a patient but it would require me in one case to fly across country and live in NYC for in person exam and any treatments. Oh, and all private pay.
Your sediments are now mine. Surgeons to their specialty and if the work was done correctly they consider their responsibilities ended.
I’ve now started with a nutritionist and keeping to an anti-inflammation diet (essentially the Mediterranean diet) and avoiding known contributors to inflammation….. all alcohol and highly processed foods.
If anyone else had gone down this path I would love to know if it helped