Knee pain at 22 years old

[clee215]

I am 22 years old and I have participated in sports most of my life, I was overweight(30-60lbs) from 18-20 years old, I had knee surgery on my left knee to repair my miniscus when I was 17 and follow up up with as much rehab as I could afford(roughly 3 months). The pain from my surgery never fully went away and has actually been getting progressively worse, it is not constant throughout the day, however after standing on my feet for 3+ hours, my knees(both of the them) become stiff, they ache, and also there is semi-sharp pains to the point where its hard to stand. I sit down for 5-10 minutes and the pain subsides slightly for 10-15min, but continues until I can get home and lay in bed. The pain has never woken me up in the middle of the night, however it does make it difficult to get to sleep. I am hoping that it is realistic for me to get something to relieve the pain so I can work pain free. I am pretty much just asking for suggestions and feedback from a credible source before I go to a doctor because I worry about sounding like some kind of drug addict since I dont currently have my own doctor

[Tuckamore]

Hi Clee,

Welcome to MedHelp's Pain Management Forum. First let me apologize that your question has been missed. I cannot explain how that happened but I am sorry that it did.

In my opinion the question to ask your PCP is WHY you are having this on-going pain. Ppl usually have great results from a meniscus repair....and do not have continued excruiating or life changing pain. An MRI may be in order. So that would be my approach...not pain meds but a diagnosis and treatment.

Obviously you deserve to live as pain free as possible. So if this pain will be a life long conditon then medications may be required. I assume you are young. Opiates may be the last choice. It could be the knee is just very inflammed and a course of prednisone or similar steriod would reduce the pain and inflammation.

It maybe that the meniscus requires additional surgical attention....or that this is not assocaited with your meniscus at all. That's why an MRI may be beneficial.

Please let us know what you discover. I will be sure to watch for your next post so it doesn't get lost in the shuffle. Again I am sorry fot the tardiness of my response.

Best of luck and take care.

Peace,
~Tuck

[clee215]

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