Sooo I injured my knee and had an MRI done to see what was wrong. My dad is in the military (we are stationed in Fort Bliss, TX), so I go to a military hospital to get seen (it's just like a normal hospital, except majority of the people who work there are in the military) but they do not see military dependents for MRIs in that military hospital anymore. They sent me to a center in El Paso (which is right out side Fort Bliss) and my doc at the orthopedic section of the military hospital told me to get a disc from the place so he can look at the MRI with me at my next appointment. (The MRI place sens stuff over to the military hospital but it ALWAYS gets lost.) Well, I picked up the disc from the MRI place and the radiologist also gave us an overview of what they saw... They're trying to tell me that ABSOLUTELY NOTHING is wrong with my knee!! But it feels like there is absolutely NO way this can be true!! I have been told be an orthopedic doctor and a physical therapist that I have more than likely torn my meniscus. And the 2 docs I saw before them both suggested that maybe it's my meniscus but they both said that's not their field so they don't want to tell me that it's truly a legit possiblility when they just don't know, so they sent me to someone who should know. (Which I appreciated their honesty!) The first doc I saw sent me to physical therapy. The physical therapist said I'm showing the symptoms of a meniscal tear. I continued physical therapy for 2 weeks but HAD to stop going because my knee just hurt SO bad no matter what I did and by the time I got home from PT, my knee looked like a grapefruit. So then, my physical therapist called that doctor and said it would be a good idea to see orthopedics and get an MRI. I don't know how is it everywhere else, but in the military hosptital, the only people who are allowed to send in a consultation for MRIs are the orthopedic surgeons. So we scheduled an appointment with ortho and he was doing all that shifting and moving of my knee and said he can actually feel my meniscus sliding out of place! So I'm really just confused because the radiologist is telling me nothing is wrong, yet I've had 2 doctors who are very educated in this field tell me that they are really thinking it's a possible meniscal tear. I do have an appointment with ortho again on Tuesday. I'm scared to hear what he has to say because I'm starting to feel like it's all in my head. I kind of feel crazy.
So with that being said, I was just wondering if this or something similar has happened to anyone? If you've ever had an MRI done and the radiologist was wrong? Or if that's even a strong possibility, because I know that a radiologist's job is to interpret xrays (which by the way, I have had 2 done for this reason, both came bace perfectly normal also), MRIs, CAT scans, etc. So at this point I'm just very confused.
My knee feels like there are porcupines loged inside there. And it's ALWAYS swollen. All the docs I've seen about this have made a comment about how much fluid is in my knee (which I guess is unusual? I don't know what they mean by that?). And this wouldn't even be a big deal if I could cheer or even get around okay. I can't even walk to classes without almost being in tears by the time I get to my next class. I just want to get my life back.
So with that being said, I was just wondering if this or something similar has happened to anyone? If you've ever had an MRI done and the radiologist was wrong? Or if that's even a strong possibility, because I know that a radiologist's job is to interpret xrays (which by the way, I have had 2 done for this reason, both came bace perfectly normal also), MRIs, CAT scans, etc. So at this point I'm just very confused.
My knee feels like there are porcupines loged inside there. And it's ALWAYS swollen. All the docs I've seen about this have made a comment about how much fluid is in my knee (which I guess is unusual? I don't know what they mean by that?). And this wouldn't even be a big deal if I could cheer or even get around okay. I can't even walk to classes without almost being in tears by the time I get to my next class. I just want to get my life back.
