Quote Originally Posted by Henry Porter View Post
well about 4 months after the meniscus repair I'm up to 20 miles a week and the knee is still improving. The reason for the post is a word of warning. Even though there is little pain you sub-consciously favour your other leg. I've just had a near miss after running down a bit of the West Highland Way at near race pace. The next day I hurt so much in my 'good leg' that I thought 'I've torn that one now!' However three rest days later and it feels OK so I'm hoping I have got away with it. I'm going to lay off for the rest of the week.
I could quote all of the above posts. I've been struggling with an increasingly persistent knee injury for the last 18 months. It's annoyed me. My wife has become irritated by my impatience to get out running again. I've been frustrated by the fact that when I start running again, it still hurts. I switch obsessively to the bike, but soon find that despite the effort I seem to be putting on weight. This last point upsets me because I'm losing my thin body that is increasingly hard to maintain at the age of 45.
Went to see my GP for results of knee x-ray today. I already know I've got damaged ligaments but was surprised by news that I've got start of osteoarthritis. I have a great GP who also runs and his advice is that you should keep moving, because once the surgeons start trimming bits of cartliage or washing out the knee there's no going back. It might work, but it might not. Risk worth taking? After all cartlaige (how do you spell this!) is a shock absorber. Once it's gone.....