Groundhog Day?

I had my follow up appointment with my new specialist. I feel like he didn't even look at my first report by the way he just brushed off my symptoms with a broad-stroked brush. He essentially said that my knee isn't as bad as I seem to think it is. That 67% of medical students showed the same amount of damage that I have, so I guess, what's the big deal with my knee? My problem is that I didn't have crepitus until after my fall, and that the pain is so bad it haunts me day and night, never mind that my knee has been twice the size of the other one for over a year. I tried to ask pointed questions but he said all my pain is caused by this cartilage damage and until I can't walk any more there's nothing he can do. He said there's no restrictions, I can run and do whatever I want. Great, I guess? So I guess I'll have at it until, what? I end up on the side of the road one day because my leg gives out? Okay...the last time I ran further than 15km I ended up in the ER but yeah, sure, I'll go train for that marathon, that sounds like solid advice. Didn't my last specialist say something like this too? I feel like I just wasted a year of trying to find out why some cartilage damage keeps me up at night and clutching my leg for 10 minutes at a time during the day to end up exactly where I was with my previous doctor.
I feel defeated. I am also fed up with the medical system. My husband wants me to try acupuncture, and while I agree it would help I don't want to see my GP again for this, never mind taking more time out to attend more appointments. After 18 months of this crap, I'm done.
So what am I going to do? Well, I am currently trying different KT taping positions to see if that helps. No matter how frustrated I get I still can't get rid of this constant pain so I need to figure something (non-drug related) out for some relief.
I hate this.