I have "marked patellofemoral joint OS with marginal early degenerative changes in the tibiofemoral joint" according to the MRI. I am seeing a physiotherapist and am waiting (for over two months) for an appointment with an orthopaedic surgeon, but I am constantly in pain and the joint constantly collapses under me. I cannot take NSAIDs. I have had two course of steroids, which help for a while. I take a panadol & codeine combination, but this is only marginally effective. I have used heat and done exercises but is there anything else I can do?
Four weeks ago I fell down a few concrete steps and somehow landed on my right knee, scraping it; the fall happened so fast and I thought nothing of it(thinking back there may have been a pop when I …
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