Thursday, January 7, 2010

OUCH! What Have I Done To My Knee?

I have been having some pretty rotten pain in my right knee. I am not certain what I did to injure it but when I walk it catches , locks and hurts something awful! If it pops (which I avoid as also hurts) it releases and then feels somewhat better. All night long the pain wakes me and all I can do is get up and sit in a hot bath and then hold ice on it. I went to the doctor yesterday and had an x-ray and fortunately nothing is broken. He was able to see some arthritic changes and some narrowing (nothing major). As I described to the doctor what I have been experiencing...he was shaking his head yes as though he knew exactly what may be the problem. He thinks I may have torn some cartilage/Meniscus....which is fairly simple to fix...but if that is the case... it will require surgery (I believe it is day surgery) and a little physical therapy. So today I had a MRI of the right knee. The results will not be ready for 3-4 business days...so all I can do for now is limp and wait.

5 comments:

  1. OMG! I had the SAME thing. I lived with it as long as I could. In the end, I had to have arthroscopic surgery. It was day surgery and very easy. Now it's great!

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  2. Thank you for letting me know that...makes me feel much better. I am so ready. I have been dieting and have lost 40 pounds...this injury has put everything on hold!
    You know what is weird? Both of my brothers have had torn meniscus and surgery in the past year...within 6 months of each other. I wonder if it could be something genetic? I have a sister too...I bet she is walking very carefully. lol

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  3. Oh no! I am stopping over from SITS tonight and I am so sorry to hear about your knee! Knee pain is the worst. I was just talking to a man at my job today who had to get knee surgery! He was in severe pain for so long. I hope you feel better soon!

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  4. So sorry to hear about the pain you are having. Hope you feel better soon. I am stopping by from SITS to say HI. I am running a contest on my blog stop by and enter to win. :)

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  5. Ouch! Well, at least it doesn't require knee replacement surgery. I hope you feel better soon!

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