Description of Event or Problem · 1
I RECEIVED A SYNVISC ONE SHOT TO BOTH KNEES AND INSTANTLY HAD PAIN AND COULD NOT WALK OUT OF THE OFFICE, THINKING THIS WAS NORMAL, I MANAGED TO GET MY SELF HOME ONTO THE COUCH WHERE I COULD NOT WALK FOR 2 DAYS, FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS I COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT MY KNEES THEN MY RIGHT KNEE WOULD NOT WORK. I CAN ONLY USE MY LEFT KNEE. MY RIGHT LEG NO LONGER WILL BEND. I WENT BACK TO THE DOCTOR AND HE SAID I SHOULD HAVE A CORTISONE SHOT AND I SHOULD BE FINE. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT PRIOR TO THE SYNVISC SHOT I WAS PLAYING RACQUET BALL THREE TIMES A WEEK AND NO I'M USING A CANE. I HAVE CALLED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE PRODUCT AND THEY DID MENTION THAT SOME PEOPLE END UP WITH A GAIT DISTURBANCE, BUT THEY COULD NOT GIVE ME SOME SORT OF COURSE OF ACTION, BASICALLY GOOD LUCK. I AM HEADING TO A NEW DOCTOR AND HOPEFULLY HE CAN DO SOMETHING FOR ME. I HAVE BEEN ON MAY WEBSITES AND READ MAY BAD REVIEWS BUT CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANY ANSWERS. SINCERELY (B)(6). DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: ARTHRITIS.