Wow it seems me and your son are in the same boat, im 19 and i have had 3 knee operations. I have 10 peices of bone and cartilage torn out and floating around in my knee. I hurt my knee in march of last year and i had my op in oct. Recovery time is all about the rehab and making sure your son doesnt get depressed about inactivity. Keeping it positive will make him recover much faster. With my knee it was the biggest carticel procedure that my doctors have ever done so im sure his knee is in better shape than mine and im getting redy to play college soccer in oct. so just tell him to stick with it and keep trucking because im in the same boat like all of us. If he needs some more information on what to do contact me. Thanks Trevor Scott
11/30/2004 11:19 AM
mariellapajuelo
Posts: 5
In the news today:Carticel: Effectiveness Promising Over Four-Year Period', 'knee1', 'tech', 13);">Carticel: Effectiveness Promising Over Four-Year PeriodMy 19 years old son has Osteochondritis Dissecans, he had 3 surgeries already, in the last one he had removed a piece o 2cm o cartilage of the femoral condyle, the doctor suggest an ACI, our question is, since now he feels very well with no pain at all, can we wait a few years before we do the surgery? Mariella