They found a giant cell tumor in the back of my knee, medial femoral condyle. It is 3 cm. I am having surgery to remove it next week. Just wondering if anyone else has gone through this surgery. How long was your recovery time? They told me 1-3 weeks depending on how the surgery goes. How big was the incision? Any information would be a great help.
2007-06-01 07:33:15 · 4 answers · asked by bodmodangel 6 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Yah; It is under muscle and near the major arterie and nerves in my leg/knee. They dont know if my ACL or PCL are involved until they get in there but the surgeon said they may end up taking one or both of my ligaments which they would go in later and do reconstructive surgery.
2007-06-01 14:49:35 · update #1
The outcome is a little different for everyone, depending on the location and type of tumor. Here's about the worse that might happen.
My boss just had a tumor removed from the same spot two weeks ago. The operation was supposed to take about a half hour, but ended up taking more than 2 hours because the tumor was underneath tendon and muscle tissue, and part of the tumor was growing around an artery. So he ended up with a 4 inch incision, and a lot of damage to muscles and tendons that got sliced. He was on crutches for about 5 days. He didn't have much pain, and only needed about half the pain medication that was prescribed.
Because muscles and tendons were cut, the doc told him to wait 6 weeks before using the leg for anything other than just enough walking to keep the muscles from shrinking. After 6 weeks, he is supposed to start physical therapy. If the tumor had not been under muscle and tendons, the incision would have been half as long, and the recovery period would been a couple of weeks.
2007-06-01 09:37:32 · answer #1 · answered by formerly_bob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big Cell Tumor
2016-11-05 02:01:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to hear your stuck in the hospital. Boredom is not the best case for fighting tumors, I hope you have a t.v. or a close friend at least to keep you busy. If not, at least your on the web. Surf Surf Surf. Keep you mind feeling fresh, and fight hard!
2016-03-13 04:04:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the end of 3 weeks I am still limping around, the tumor was 10 cc. I still have half the stiches in, and still some pain
2015-12-24 09:27:14 · answer #4 · answered by Janet 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋