Dislocated knee cap? - Knee & Hip Problems Message Board

Shababy · 10-16-2005, 09:25 PM

I'm almost 46, female. Last week, just leaning forward in my car, I dislocated my knee and again last night, just getting off the toilet(sorry), did it again and it was very painful until it popped back into place. This time, I went to the VA Hosp ER and he said I was fine, just exercise as much as I can. I'm 141 lbs at 5'4''. He thinks it will just go away and I'll be in perfect shape another 30 years plus but on the other hand, he said if I don't exercise enough or it gets worse, I could be totally disabled. Well, I already have a severe bulging disk in neck and had broken my lower back and hurt my left arm which won't stop catching. Also have arthritis is my neck per MRI>

Anyone had a reoccurring knee problem like this? Don't know what type of arthritis I have, whatever type shows up on MRI's. Mom has osteo and I once came up pos for RA but now neg. My 16 yr old daughter has a positive speckled ANA and way more problems than this ole mom.

moonchild9499 · 03-20-2006, 07:52 AM

Hi. I had this problem some years back and I had to have surgery to prevent this from happening. My Dr. said if I didn't have the surgery it would get worse and could cause more damage to my knee

I ended up having to have surgery on both knees as a couple years after the first knee cap was dislocated I began having problems with my other knee. This was all about twelve years ago. I had put the surgery off a few times with my first knee and turns out that was not a good idea because while the surgery helped, I had really damaged it and about 4 years ago had to have surgery again and this time they actually cut a wedge in my bone just below my left knee and put in a small bone to help my knee cap track better. I wouldn't recommend having that done though

That was a huge mistake.
But back to your dislocated knee cap....I would go ahead and get it taken care of asap so that there is less chance of further damaging it...because the surgery they do to correct that is not that bad and is usually outpatient surgery.
I hope this helps