I have a past history of dvt in my right knee (2) I am a 42 white male, I have had fluid retention and swelling in my legs with the right being worse. A year ago I was having pain in my left knee when I walked on it and saw an Orthopedic Surgeon who did synvisc shots which worked great , I have been dealing with aspiration pneumonia, this was the result of a botched open hernia repair, this all started with gastric bypass surgery, which was ok. the second attempt to fix the hernia resulted in the incision opening up after 7 days and long story short, 15 abdominal surgeries, and two years on a wound vac, left me a ton of scar tissue and adhesions. I have had the pneumonia 21 times in 2 years and currently see a pain management DR to deal with the cronic pain from all of this. Sorry so long, I was able to start exercising with a trainer in February after dealing with the pneumonia for two years, prior to that I was very active running 5k races and mountain and road biking 20-30 miles a day with no problem with either knee. I have had some pain in the back of my left ankle starting two months ago when I walked on it, about a month ago I started having more and more swelling and the pain started in my right knee when I walk, sit, even at my desk I can feel the strain, it has gotten worse and there seems to be a bulge that sticks out when I sit that doesn't on the left, The swelling gets worse during the day and swelling goes down some at night. I have been taking Lasix 20mg per day and wearing compression stocking at night to no avail. It is getting worse every day and my knee is also locking up, I went to the ER last night and they did Doplar and said no cause swelling hat clots and said see Ortho Dr, they did say I had a good size bakers cyst behind my right knee. If it is a torn meniscus or a injury to the knee, will the swelling be more local or can it be the cause of all the swelling? It's unbearable thanks for the help!
Jonathan Rigsbee
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