| Another Accident!! Should I go to the ER??? | | I can always wind up hurting myself. Like 30 minutes ago I was walking to the kitchen and my brothers puppy had made a mess with the water on the floor. Well I did not see the water and of course I slipped and fell really hard!In the process I heard a loud crack and pop which scared the crap out of me but my knee really hurts it is throbbing and aching! It hurts to walk on it and move it much.My boyfriend told me to go to the emergency room but I dont want to sit there for like 8-10 hours just for a knee brace and crutches. I think if I ice it and stay off it as much as possible it will get better. I am sure I only tore a ligament in my knee not broke it. What do you think? What would you do? I hate hospitals and I have no insurance either so I really dont want to go.:(
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| | Knee problems | | Well today i saw my surgeon cause my therapist is having hard trying to strecth my leg cause it cause lot of pain well the surgeon said there was nothing she could she wants me to wear a hinged knee brace but did not write it out said to talk to my therapist well i just found out what was wrong with my knee here is the list. lateral compartment degenerative joint disease, arthropathy, chondromalacia,synovitis,partical acl tear,torn anterior horn medial meniscus. | |
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| what a weekend! | | i had one of the worst weekends i have had in a while. seems that my boyfriend and i have both been worked hard lately and felt really lazy. i have been feeling ignored and neglected by my love. after letting him know how i felt we decided to take the coffee house gift cards i have earned from online surveys and go on a date instead of selling them for cash. friday we would do the normal banking trip. planned on doing the shopping on saturday after our mid day date. and sunday we were gonna go to church( been trying to get in a regular habit of that instead of the sporadic visits we are used to).should have worked beautifully! friday went as planned. saturday we go up out of bed much later that we planned, but on with the schedule... we stopped to sell some books so i could find the book that have been waiting for. was digging things out of the back seat and the wind slammed the... | |
| | it hurts!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | Today is one of those days where I want to go back to bed and never get up!!So OK, I have been suffering with knee pain for 4 weeks now, and I cannot take the pain anymore. I have been taking Aspirin and the left over Pain Meds I have from my back surgery of last year. So I decided to finally let my husband take me to the ER that only problem with that is that I am a Agoraphobic, and I DO NOT like leaving home. So on top of my knee pain today I have a full fledged Panic Attack, but luckily I was at the Hospital and they gave me some meds for it. However I found out that I have a Torn Lateral Collateral Ligament in my Right Knee, and let me tell you the Pain and the Burning hurts!! So the ER put me in a knee brace and gave me some crutches and then made me an appointment with a specialist for to go see to determine if I need surgery or just a series of shots and therapy, and they wrote... | |
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| Can They Not Make Then Better???? | | OK I have a torn ligament and I am in a Knee Brace, and every time I get up and walk around on my crutches this stupid brace slowly slides down my leg, and I have to constantly re-adjust it. You would think that with all of today's technology that they would have made a better type of brace that stays in place. This brace sliding down and me having to re-adjust it is not only irritating, but it makes my knee hurt worse. So do you agree with this theory of mine????? | |
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