ENDO Messages for September, 2002: Re: ChrondoMalacia Patella

Re: ChrondoMalacia Patella

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sun Sep 15 20:41:45 2002

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Hello, I also have Chrodomalacia Patella, and have had it approximately 8 or 9 years and I am 18 years old. For me it started when I was around 9 years old and I was playing capture the flag, I was tackled by an 15 year old boy and that was what triggered the problem. The doctor informed me that I would most likely have to do exercises until I was 21 or possibly my entire life. Being a kid I ignored the exercises, but now i am making a commitment to make myself better. The doctor told me that exercising regularly (special exercies) helps 80% of people who have it, otherwise its surgery, which I do not want unless I have to. I am a freshman in college and I can barely climb the hill to my classes and I can't run or be athletic without falling down or crying. I just wanted to reply to you to let you know that you aren't alone, there are a lot of us there with the same condition. Hope you your knees get better, good luck.

Liz

At Wed, 9 Jun 1999, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>Hello,
>I have had ChrondoMalacia Patella for 16 years. When I was 15, I was playing
>basketball and someone blocked my shot and I landed on both knee caps from a
>few feet above ground. My knees were swollen for weeks. Then the next year
>I started having extreme pain inside the knees when I played softball,
>basketball, etc. I had a MRI done and it came up as chrondomalacia patella.
>I was told when I was 25 that if I had the surgery it would be only a 50/50
>chance that my knee cap would go back into place. It had moved about a 1/2
>inch out because of all of the "scar tissue" build up on the inside of my
>knee cap. I didn't want to take that chance. I seem to come out an even
>person, meaning everything works out, except my health and I didn't want to
>do it. So here I am at 31 with pains in my knees that make me feel like I am
>90. Also the endo doesn't help either. My knees give out from time to time
>also, usually when I am going up the stairs. Does this happen to you? Can't
>believe I found someone else with this, I actually don't know anyone with
>this in my life, or endo for that matter. Here's to pain free days....
>Karen

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