Bakers Cyst anyone?

I had a burst bakers cyst four years ago. Was in extreme pain for weeks. After three months still didn’t know what it was as X-ray didn’t show it, went private, consultant wasn’t sure whether the cyst bursting caused me to have a meniscus tear or whether the tear caused the bakers cyst. Was on painkillers but eventually managed to come off them, I can still feel slight pain every day but can live with it. Hope your husbands pain soon subsides

Thank you for all your helpful replies. DH still in a lot of pain but I suppose it will just take time. Thanks again

Yes I have, excruciating, mine also haemorrhage. Leg was very swollen black & blue took about a month to improve but a lot longer yo get back yo normal. He has my sympathy, awful.

poor poor him. Baker's cyst horribly painful. I had one a few years ago - and when I had the knee x-rayed it had burst apparently. Think it cleared up eventually - but as I had other knee probs which were discovered after the x-ray its difficult to know if it went on its own as I was given a steroid jab in knee.
Hope he gets better soon one way or another.

This brings back a memory Grandyma, like your husband I woke one day with agonising pain in my right knee, I couldn’t walk and Mr C carted me off to the doctors post haste. This was 10 years ago when things were different so I was seen slmkdt right away. A lovely young doctor, newly qualified, took time and had the patience to thoroughly examine my poor knee while I literally sobbed. After consulting his computer and humming a few times he finally told me I had a Bakers Cyst, to go home, take paracetamol, use ice on it and rest for a few days and it would ease and in the meantime go to the hospital for x rays.
After two days there wasn’t much improvement so I went to the local hospital A and E where an x ray showed my knee cap had done something or other, it might have been slipped and I needed immediate surgery. Two days later I was in theatre and given a brand new knee, so much for Bakers Cyst.
I didn’t make a fuss, just made sure I didn’t see that doctor ever again, luckily there was another in the practice, but many times if my knee ached family member would ask if my Bakers Cyst was playing up, no but my arthritis is.

I had one a few years ago and it went on its own after about 3 months