meniscus

Question
QUESTION: Good day
I've been  an aggressive jogger for almost 10 years now, most days of the week and mainly on a treadmill. recently i hurt my right knee and was diagnosed with a "complex medial tear of meniscus , body - posterior and a 7cm Bakers cyst. I was in some pain but my only symptoms now are a clicking sound right below my knee cap and my knee feels a bit wobbly (sorry hard for me to explain) otherwise i have no pain. surgeon advised i go in for surgery but i don't want too. my question/s are : if opt not to have an operationn on my knee , will the tear get worse, and would my knee be comprised further? I jogged for almost a week after injury. I think I still can but i'm scared to try. Was that a bad idea? If I do op, will I be able to jog again?
Thank you

ANSWER: I'm not a doctor, so it makes it hard to be certain about a question like this, but I would just ask your doctor or get a second opinion and see 'why'he says you need another surgery if you have no real pain, and if you don't - what are the possible repercussions of that?

Or, if you can, get  second opinion. These kind of questions are very hard to make a diagnosis online, so you can see the difficulty handling this question. Let me know how it goes with what your doctor says to the question above.

Thanks,
Nick


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QUESTION: Helllo again,  i tore my mensicus about 3 weeks and i  didnt do arthroscopic surgery  on  my knees yet. i'm just wondering if someone  does't have any pain or symptoms from a "complex torn meniscus" and don't the surgery to shave off damaged parts, will the knee be damaged in any way? is there a negative side to leaving knee alone, with the torn meniscus as it is?

thank you

Answer
Yes, i would have that looked at and taken care of. Leaving it be without surgery will only make the knee worse in time, and something that will probably keep you from running for the rest of your life if you don't get it fixed. Running with a slight pain, compared to running with NO pain, is really the result you should be after.