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Originally Posted by kevman
This.
I first saw my GP on Sept 23rd. He did all the knee tests and told me "it's probably just a sprain, you'll be fine in 4-6weeks". At the same time he referred me for an MRI which is scheduled for Dec 30th.
Now I also got kind of lucky in that I found out about the acute knee injury clinic at the U of C. (which unfortunately was only a trial program, hence the "luck" part) Anyways, this clinic would accept you to see a sports med doctor if you had experienced a knee injury within the past month WITHOUT the need for a doctors requisition. I had my appointment there on Oct 4th with a follow up on Oct 18th and the sports med doctors were able to tell me, without a doubt, that my ACL was torn.
To recap:
GP visit w/ poor diagnosis Sept 23rd -> MRI Dec 30th -> Sports Med referral + 3 months -> Surgeon referral +2 months -> Surgery +3 months -> Rehab +6 month = 100% Feb 2012 or 17 months post injury...
Sports med w/ good diagnosis Oct 18th -> Surgeon visit Nov 16th -> Surgery 3 months -> Rehab + 6 months = 100% Aug 2011 or 11 months post injury...
A knowledgeable doctor just cut my wait time down by 6 months and saved 1 MRI spot that can now be used for someone else.
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That is what I thought, but apparently it is not that simple.
Both the doctor and physiotherapist had a difficult time diagnosing the tear because when compared to my other knee the movement when manipulated was very close. The Doctor was surprised that I hadn't previously injured my other knee. Apparently I have a lot of laxity in my good knee so they were confused, but the other symptoms did point to an ACL tear, so he wanted to do an MRI to confirm.
Also, when you guys received your results, did they show you the MRI scans and explain them?
My Doc just walked in and said "Yep completely torn ACL, we'll set you up for a surgeon consult" and that was pretty much it.