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Anyone else experienced this BS?

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Waited eagerly for a very long time about getting a response from the police, and now I have to wait even longer until they can 'process' my money and send the actual documents. Who knows, maybe their next response will be "You did not enclose funds for postage and packaging, there is a charge of £9.40 for this".

I just went to see a different consultant about my knee, he gave me an examination and assessed the MRI scans in front of me.

It turns out I have severely damaged cruciate ligaments!

This is so much worse than the slight meniscii tears I had suspected and infinetely worse than the "your knee is completely fine" which every other doctor I have seen has told me.

Oh dear oh dear!

This also provides a reason why I may be getting the hamstring tendonitis, he said it must be working extra hard to stabilise the knee. It may have also significantly changed the mechanics of my knee. He also told me that if I am limited in the things I want to do, then cruciate ligament reconstruction via keyhole surgery is the only possible solution.

Sounds exactly like me. I just moved to London on Sunday. On Monday I went to work on the tube and probably walked about 2 miles in total, which isn't that much to be honest. On Monday night and Tuesday morning my knee was killing me, so I went to a doctor on Tuesday morning. He actually seemed to take things seriously rather than the typical "you'll be fine" that I have had from several other people. He says he is going to organise another X-ray and an MRI, however unfortunately this is being delayed because he has to request my medical details from my previous treatment in bournemouth.

:(

8 weeks since the accident now, should have mostly healed.

Get your injuries checked out, even if they are minor. If it turns out in a couple of months time that you actually broke your finger or something and didn't go to hospital to get it checked out originally you will probably be entitled to nothing.

My friend got gently knocked off his bike from behind once and got a few scratches and grazes; the insurance company paid him £50 just so they could tick of a box to say they settled injury damages.

I wasn't given anything to do in the meantime. I had a massively swollen totally immobile leg for weeks throbbing and pulsating in pain.

I evntually developed enough mobility to ride a bike but I still couldn't full extend leg and there was loads of grinding & popping when I bent the knee. For the whole of last year it was somewhat painful for me to walk, which obviously gradually got better.

But to be left between march and july with absolutely no advice or treatment seems a little rubbish. What if it had been a different tear like a cruciate or collateral, or multiple. Im sure all that time with me trying to force me knee to work wouldve probably ended in disaster, or more likely I wouldve been left basically immobile and for months. Needing some crutches, but without anybody giving me any.
Damn, that sucks. Usually if I don't get the level of care I want from a doctor I book another appointment with someone else. I got crutches immediately when I went to A&E.

A piece of bone to which my anterior cruciate ligament attaches snapped off as a result of a pretty horrific football tackle when I was 12. I went to hospital the next day (my mum thought I was acting up) and I was in the operating theatre the morning after that.

Not sure this helps answer your question..
That sounds awful, but no that is much more serious so it is understandable that you got seen to right away.

You'd think so wouldn't you! If you've got an MRI booked then at least they're taking it seriously, when you've got the results you can weigh up the options. If you definately want surgery work out your arguments in advance (can't work, can't drive, chronic pain, depressed etc).

Recovering from surgery is when the slow recovery begins tho. 9 months after surgery its my meniscus rather than the ACL that causes most bother if I walk too much or lift heavy in the gym.

Good news is, cycling was the least painful exercise to do. I was back on my bike - gently! - 6weeks after surgery.
I don't have an MRI booked, though I probably would have asked for one by now. I am moving to London tomorrow, so I was discharged from the Bournemouth hospital physio unit 10 days ago with instructions to go to a London GP and get referred to London physio. I didn't know precisely where I was going to be living so they couldn't refer me.

I don't have ligament or ACL damage. I guess you must have had fully blown knee surgery? I only have meniscus damage now, so it would be treated through knee arthroscopy (keyhole surgery). There is literally a couple of days recovery time for that apparently. ACL damage is pretty bad though, hope you have recovered from it properly.

A friend of mine did his knee in a while ago, sounds similar to this. He went private right away, costed a fortune but everything happens in days / weeks rather than months / years
I would do this immediately, except I have to wait to see if it can be done (relatively) quickly on the NHS first. Basically from the insurance company's point of view, if I am gonna be cripped for many months, it's gonna cost them more in settlement than if I had surgery privately.

Mine took ages. Injury in march 2009, scan in late june. Got to see crap bell end moron doctor regarding scan at the end of July.

This would probably be different based on where you are. I think the NHS are running the choose and book system now, so if you have a referral you can check the wait times yourself.
Injury march 2009, scan June 2009, consultant July 2009? That's pretty good.

I had a complete tear of my right acl and a bucket handle tear of right medial meniscus last july, went to A&E the next morning after as I had massive swelling and couldn't walk. Saw a physio and had an xray that day, a surgeon for the xray results couple of weeks later.

Had an MRI in August which confirmed that it was a complete tear, surgery in November - ACl re-construction taken from my hamstring and removal of the torn bit of meniscus so around a 4 month wait from injury to surgery.

I was having physio around every fornight until a couple of months ago and I have to say they were great, my main physiotherapist had undergone the same surgery herself and was a runner so pot luck i guess.

My knee isn't fully revovered yet but is certainly better than before surgery, i suppose theres a point where there really is no other choice than removal regardless of the arthiritis risk.
To be honest the NHS are only going to be keen do something if you can't perform regular day to day tasks or the injury affects your job (mine did), so if you decide on getting cut up you might have to stress that it's ruining your life to get them to something!
Well I can't walk properly, can't walk fast, can't do any sports. That should be enough shouldn't it? If the NHS don't offer treatment then I'll have to go private and get the woman's insurance to pay.

It's definitely not my ligaments that are hurting. They were bruised or w/e for a few weeks but there were no tears or anything. If there were tears then it would take months, but if there were tears I wouldn't have been walking after 2 weeks. The problem is if I bent my knee too much it hurts like crazy, and also the process of bending it hurts (i.e. the 'friction' against the flap from cycling).

I just want to know the timeframe of the NHS so I can decide whether to go get a private MRI.

Some silly cow pulled out in front of me and I ended up on her bonnet, hit my knee cap head on in the process.

I had a previous meniscus injury in the same knee from a few years before, from coming off in the rain. You are right that basically there is a part of the meniscus dangling called a 'flap'. They can either cut it out, meaning you WILL get arthritis in that knee, or if it's in a place with adequate blood supply they can push it back in.

I am not having anything cut out, I would rather tough it out and let it semi-heal than get arthritis in 20 years time. But there is the chance that it can heal properly with surgery. It all depends on the results of an MRI.

Also the official opinion is not to put any undue stress on it and let it try to heal, rather than toughing it out. I am gonna give it a chance first, but it has been 7 weeks and it almost certainly would feel better than it does now if it was going to heal.

Tried long and hard to find an answer to this on the internet but couldn't. I guess knee cartilage/meniscus injuries are fairly common among cyclists. I am about 75% sure I will have to have surgery (arthroscopy), or at least that surgery is the best option. My question is: what is the waiting time on the NHS to get knee arthroscopy surgery? I am basically out of action for all physical activities indefinitely, and it's killing me not knowing how long I'll have to wait. At the moment I'm going through the motions of physiotherapy. I know I don't need physio, my knee is/was fucking strong, I can feel the muscle strength and the ligaments are back to normal too; it's just fucked up inside. I guess they just ram this physio BS down your throat to try and minimise the amount of surgery they have to pay for.

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Dibs, PMed.

shit, cautionary tale, again. get the best advice on the knee dude.
and keep on paying full attention riders.

Cheers. The best advice according to a physio and a doctor is 'hopefully it will heal'.

thats fucked.
time and again its written that at scene you have to get photos, witness names and business cards if possible, this is all dificult admittedly, so is making sure you are always seen, lit at night etc.
cant see the rest of that thread, but hope you are still in dialogue with the person.
That was the only post.

She has given her insurance details and my solicitor reckons there should be no problem getting compensation. I'd rather just have a knee that works properly though, who knows how long it's gonna take to heal or if it will heal properly.

I couldn't have been any more visible, had two cateyes on the front on a red bike with a red British Heart Foundation t-shirt and a yellow helmet. :P AND it was only dusk, not even night.

ooof! nasty, hope you werent involved at the time?

Yeah my knee is buggered, still. Happened on my birthday too - over 5 weeks ago now. http://www.lfgss.com/post1581177-223.html

got a 7000 year old Pearson that you can have,
horizontals but that hasnt stopped me from riding it fixed for time.
green ,with added rust effects, £1.50 plus collection
Awesome, it's 54-55cm? Will have to see if I can get a ride over after I've finished the Masters project later this week. My beautiful red frame got destroyed by a car. :'(

Anyone round here selling a 54cm (top tube) 531 (or better) frame with fixed-gear suitable dropouts?

Just finishing my Masters degree in Bournemouth at the moment, and starting a job in Soho on the 13th of September. Earliest I can move in is 11th Sept, latest is maybe 20th (I'll have to live in halls if it's not available sooner).

I need a double room with a decent desk (or space for one) and storage space for 1 or 2 bikes (the good bike will go in my room but the beater should preferably go in the hall or something as it'll get wet).

My budget is £650pcm including all bills. Also it should be within 30 mins cycling of Soho.

Edit: forgot to mention it has to be no-smoking.

Cheers

Clue's in the thread title. My tools are in South London, I'm in Poole.
Adam here from that sunday ride a few weeks back with mf and Pifko. I have both tools, PM me your mobile and I can sort you out.

The guy replied and said that a sale at seven fell through and could i meet him at 9 at clapham common tube got there waited till half past no show so sent an email he replied saying he would be there in 20 min's I waited untill 10:15 but still no show.I think the whole thing is some cunt trying to fuck with me.
Did you get his real e-mail address or something like that?

Easiest way is to pretend you want to buy it. Probably best if someone else phones as you'll give the game away.

I'd like a bit of advice for an incident that happened 2 thursdays ago

I was cycling down west norwood high street , when i hit a car that had pulled out quickly from a side road, going over the bonnet and landing on my face - the woman was apologetic and told me that the person turning left onto the side road blocking her view had told her it was safe to come out. luckily alot of people actually seemed to care so when i was taken into the ambulance i was handed the details of a witness for me and somebody had already contacted the police.

I was advised to persue a claim for my injuries but I have no idea how to go about it and cannot afford myself a solicitor - so i went ahead and called National Accident Helpline

I was meant to have a meeting today at my house at 8, but the person I was meant to meet didn't arrive. after me calling at 10 o'clock the person told me she had no details of the appointment or my case and , after another hour, she called back and we organised to meet tomorrow. 2 minutes later she calls me, not having a clue that she'd called me, saying I had an appointment at 12 today, clearly having no idea she had spoken to me just a few minutes ago.

Now this sort of imcompetency worries me (first impressions are pretty terrible at the moment) if this person is handling my case, so any recommendations of what I should do? I would have thought the case is pretty clear cut. I can't afford to do anything but no win no fee, are there small (competent) firms that do this or can somebody reccomend a firm they've used before?
Just Google for a London solicitors and find someone who deals with litigation. If you have a witness and it wasn't your fault, most solicitors will want to take your case as they get to charge the person you're suing for their fees (i.e. they are given an easy meal).

Now for my problem... 2 weeks ago I was cycling along a road (going pretty fast, maybe 25mph) and a car pulled out from a side road and I hit straight into her bonnet. She basically admitted liability by saying that she wanted to pay for my bike (the steel frame was totalled) by cheque instead of going through insurance. I said that was not acceptable as I had hurt my knee and if it didn't heal properly I would want compensation. I have just found out yesterday that I have cartilage damage, so it's not gonna heal properly :'( Two questions - I have no witnesses or CCTV other than me, her and her passenger. Although a pub full of people laughed as the accident happened, none came over to help and I didn't feel like approaching them to ask for their details (chav pub). Is there likely to be any problem with claiming against her? She is totally at fault and also admitted liability, however I understand insurance companies might try to wrangle their way out of this by the fact there are no independent witnesses. Also, what timeframes are associated with this sort of claim? My solicitor said "I can't see how they could deny liability" and it "could take several months" but I am not particularly satisfied with his vagueness - would be great to have a second opinion.

Cheers

My gf recently got a Selle SMP as a cure for a similar problem and loves it. Looks a really good design and I'm tempted to try one too. They have cheaper ones too - the TRK and the Hybrid - so you don't need to shell out 150 notes for one of their road models. Well worth a try i think.

Otherwise SLR Gel Flow for me, I've had numbness issues in the past too.
Ah awesome, that's what I wanted to hear - that the saddle does actually work. The Hybrid looks a lot less crap than the TRK, so I will probably give that one a go first.

Cheers!

http://www.thecareerbreaksite.com/career-breaks-and-the-law.php

you might want to know what the law is surrounding career breaks or sabbaticals. Currently, there isn't one. You don't have to offer your staff a sabbatical if you don't want to, although they do bring benefits for the company.

I have similar issue as your, but with sit bones width.

already booked myself for the Bike Whisperer to talk to them about saddle.

might be worth doing in your case.
Ah, I'm from Bournemouth so that wouldn't be suitable.

In your case though, Specialized do ALL of their saddles in 130mm, 143mm and 155mm widths:

http://www.specialized.com/OA_MEDIA/popups/MoreViews_10Romin2.jpg