Hello Allan!
Saturday January 25 1997 17:47, Allan Joffe wrote to Michael Mcreary:
 AJ> I had a somewhat similar experience but got no help till a woman
 AJ> doctor that was recommended to me.....looked the knee over....she put
 AJ> an interestingly large needle into the area and withdrew a humongous
 AJ> amount of a straw colored yellow fluid.  She followed this up with a
 AJ> shot of cortisone which eased things up considerably and I have never
 AJ> had a recurrence.
Well, after I undergo the lab tests I described in my last message, the 
doctor may very well draw the fluid off of the knee and run tests on it.
 AJ> I have never indulged in the type of physical activity that you
 AJ> probably experienced in the service so perhaps that is why the one
 AJ> shot cure worked for me.  In laymans terms she said I had 'water on
 AJ> the knee".  The relief was tremendous and thankfully complete.  I
 AJ> might add that the knee involved was one that had a fair amount of
 AJ> surgery on it when I was a youngster, surgery that left me with a
 AJ> pronounced limp which may have eventually caused the problem.
OK.  Yes there's a lot of physical pounding on the knee joints, here.  Yet, I 
have never had surgery on them.  Also, I can get some of the swelling to go 
away, simply by putting ice on the knee.  With the unit I am in, I have 
little time for such luxuries.  :-/
I am really hoping for something that will help in the long run. In civilian 
life I was a field service technician (alarms, intercom systems, etc.).  I 
spent a lot of time on my feet and that is exactly what causes the most 
discomfort.  Otherwise, I'm looking for different work when I get out.
Thanks for the reply!
Michael McReary
mcreary@oz.net
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