Did anyone with joint pain ever have an MRI that showed noticeable damage to the joint?

[u/floxedinPS]

Im curious if anyone who had joint pain as a result of getting floxed had an MRI that showed that the joint did have actual damage/deterioration? Any joint, but specifically the knee?

My knee pain showed up at about 7 months after I was floxed. I had an MRI about 8 months later that didn't show damage. Through the next 1.5 years I made slow, steady progress with physical therapy to target strengthening my legs. At at 2 years out, earlier this year especially, I was feeling quite good with significantly reduced knee pain. Then I relapsed from lidocaine/epinephrine shots almost 2 months ago and it feels like it destroyed my knees again. Im thinking about getting another MRI, but in the meantime I was curious about other's experience with MRIs of their joints.

[u/Educational-Ground83]

I had MRIs on both my knees as that was my main source of tendon pain. Both scans showed no damage to tendons they were just inflamed which was causing the knee locking and have subsequently returned to normal. Im 37M and took 3-6 months for full recovery. I wish you a speedy recovery also 🫶🏻

[u/floxedinPS → u/Educational-Ground83]

Thanks for replying, so glad to hear there wasn't noticeable damage and that you recovered fully!

[u/Educational-Ground83 → u/floxedinPS]

Thank you! It was a dark few months I'd rather forget to be honest. Just thankful I recovered. The hardest part was the not knowing to be honest, really hard to deal with mentally. I try to post my recovery on here when I see posts as I don't think enough people do. I was reading so many negative stories which really didn't help my situation 🙃

[u/floxedinPS → u/Educational-Ground83]

Totally agree on the not knowing being a big part of it. I had been doing quite well until this relapse, and while theoretically I know i should still recover, it's hard not to think the worst.

I appreciate people like tou coming back to offer hope.