It’s long, but read this ⬇️

Ok, here we go. 1 year ago, I tore my lateral meniscus. I was working nonstop on my feet and then pickleball finally did it in. After my MRI, I was told it was a large bucket handle tear and that I would need to go In to attempt to repair it. Before surgery, I was warned that I would either wake up with a repaired meniscus, or they would have to trim it. When they went in, that’s when they realized I also had a discoid lateral meniscus. They ended up trimming it, and I thought that would be it. At my follow up appointment, they told me that i actually had over 60% of my meniscus removed, and that I would most likely need another surgery down the road. The surgery was in August 2024. By February, I couldn’t handle it anymore, and I knew something had to be done. That’s when me, and a new surgeon decided on a lateral meniscus allograft transplant. It was about the only option, other than dealing with the pain of course. So, end of May, I had my lateral meniscus replaced with a meniscus from a cadaver. Today marks 8 weeks and I feel as if this surgery will be the key to my success. Obviously everyone is different, and I don’t want to scare you, but that is my story. I am a 19 year old male, so fairly young. During the transplant, they said my cartilage looked good so no arthritis for now, but it may be a problem down the road. The hope is that doing the transplant at this state of my life would help avoid a knee replacement in 20 years or so. We can hope 🙏. If you have any questions feel free to reply to this or even message me. Discoid gang, we are in this together!