[quote=eavesdropper]…There are loads of people walking around, leading very active lives with meniscal tears in one or both knees…[/quote]
I think I might be one of these “loads” of people, eaves. I belonged to a local running club for many years in my younger days where we ran a lot of hills and also pavement in dtn SD. I went thru several pairs of shoes back then. I think I might have done this to my knees, esp my right knee, but never did anything about it (always had an HDHP).
I don’t run anymore but sometimes have pain when walking stairs. Both knees hurt after about 5-6 hrs of skiing for the day (by about 2:30 pm), particularly my right knee. This is after wrapping them both in neoprene (dbl-wrapping my right knee) before going out there when the lifts open. I always hit the hot tub after skiing and then take ibuprofen or naproxen and am good to go the next morning. I also use liniment on them before I wrap them (making them very hot for awhile).
I used to be able to do this for 7 days in a row but in recent years, have only skied for 3-4 days in a row. Not sure I can ski for 7 days straight any more without at least a day of break in there :=]
Maybe someday when I have an extra $5K-$8K laying around for copay/coinsurance, I’ll look into the arthroscopic surgery. Or decide to do it in a year where at least my deductible has already been met. I have had both knees x-rayed and do not have arthritis.
eavesdropper, do you know you can get 3M scrubbers to stick on long poles to scrub/strip floors while standing up? They’re at Home Depot. That’s what I use :=)
