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I got the results of my MRI back yesterday. The good news is that there are no tears or cartilage damage. The bad news is that I have a ganglion cyst that connects to both the ACL and MCL. There is another cyst that extends the joint space into Hoffa's fat pad. Ganglion cysts are common in hands and wrists, but appear about 1% of the time knees. The result is that the cysts pinch on ligaments when moving, causing the pain where I can't cycle. Has anyone else dealt with this?

The doctor recommended going to physio. From what I've read, this won't make the cysts go away, and I won't be able to get back to long distance cycling. From going on the internet it looks like several people have gotten it scoped, and were fine shortly thereafter. There was a professional soccer player who had his knee scoped and was back playing in the world cup a week later. I was expecting it to be cancer or lupus, being that it was on the internet. I'm looking to get a second opinion on the treatment, but if anyone has any suggestions, they would be appreciated.