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Nancy
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08-01-2000

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 3:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
I have had knee pain since 10/27 or so--its gotten to the point now where it hurts to walk even a little bit--I have a physical on the 27 of december but I really need some relief now :-(

aspirin and advil do not help--leg brace helps somewhat--any other ideas? i'm sure when i see my dr. she'll yell at me for waiting LOL

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Friday, December 15, 2006 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
Sorry you're suffering, Nancy. Aleve worked best for my knee pain. Of course your doctor will scold you, you silly girl! You sound even worse than me, when it comes to calling the doctor. Lol! I hope you find some relief.

Ginger1218
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08-31-2001

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 6:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ginger1218 a private message Print Post    
Nancy, you need to go to the doctor, who will probably send you for an MRI, if you know what is going on, they can treat you better, perhaps some form of physical therapy. It could be a torn meniscus.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Nancy, it does sound like something is torn and/or worn. Did this just suddenly start? Was there a precipitating event? Did your knee swell up? Of course for an acute injury with pain or swelling the best is to ice and elevate, but that time should be past if you injured it 6 weeks ago. If there was no acute injury and no prior pain it sounds like something slipped and/or tore. Could be a bursa too. I fell really really hard on both knees when TNT was out here (just wincing at the though of my operated on knee and I still have pain just touching the front of my lower leg and pain if something pokes near the kneecap on the inside. My doctor says that the operated on knee would have less circulation and that is why that one is taking longer and the other side says the area is where the bursa is (or a bursa) and if that persists we will take the next step. I have no pain mechanically, for walking.

I guess if you haven't gone in to the doc yet, it will probably be on the 27th, so I'd say whatever helps but don't stress it too much with movement because you could injure it more before you find out what is happening in there.

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 8:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
it started on or around two days before i went to orlando--don't remember doing anything specific to it--
but when walking in disney world it felt like a jabbing pain when walking---since then it hurts every day to some degree more so in the last 3-4 days to the point where i cannot walk at all without pain :-(

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 2:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
{{{Nancy}}} Hope they can find the problem and correct it for you. It really does sound like torn meniscus or bursitis or something slipped. Something is not right, that is for sure!

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
well i saw my pcp today for my physical--everything looks good as far as blood-work--cholesterol etc etc-but she is sending me to an orthopod re my knee--she said she could definitely still feel swelliing in there==might be meniscus--so on to ortho and xray(or mri possibly)..

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 3:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Have you ever had an MRI? I've only had two in my life, both times on my knee, and it can be a little bit claustrophobic but going in feet first isn't as bad and now they do have some open machines. And the noises it makes are, well I had to not laugh because I had to keep still but some of them were so manic and funny.

Hope they can diagnose you and then fix you up. Nancy.

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, December 27, 2006 - 3:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
NO I never have--I am not normally claustrophic so hopefully it will be ok--I've been lucky in my 48 years and rarely need any medical attention other than bronchitis and ultrasounds for cysts(and one broken leg right one this is left knee)..

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Monday, January 01, 2007 - 2:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
I'd bet money that it isnt your knee at all.

Low back Sacral problems and Hip disorders will show FIRST by pain in the knee.

There can even be swelling AT the knee due directly to the body's attempt to compensate for a physical problem elsewhere.

a one time chiropractor appointment ( or a really good adjusting physiotherapist) may cure the problem if it is a pinched nerve in the hip/back from all the walking you did at Disneyland. OR maybe you slipped something sleeping on a strange bed. Often these changes are insideous and will not bother you much until the body gives you a pain warning.

Let us know how your appt goes eh??

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Monday, January 01, 2007 - 2:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
OR early arthritis in the hip!

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 2:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
i'll let you know i had the xray today--but of course they tell you nothing--see the dr. on 2/2 wish it were sooner1

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 2:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
yeah, they always start out looking for the simplest thing with an xray.

Ultrasound is a pretty inexpensive test too.

MRI the best, but hopefully not done until hip is ruled out. they can be expensive.

in the USA you have to pay for all that up front dont cha?

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Thursday, January 04, 2007 - 3:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
no my insurance covers tests--thank goodness(as long as primary care doc orders it) i have an hmo where i pay 50 dollars for a specialist and 25 for regular dr. (might be 35.00 for specialist but i'd have to check my card but its not much)

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
9 days til i see the surgeon and find out what if anything can be done--let's hope they can do something!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 6:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Good luck, Nancy!

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 4:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
Well, the good news is no surgery--
xrays showed a lot of swelling and some arthritis--so for now he put me on a high dose of anti-immflammatory and I have to go back in 3 weeks--if no better then probably a cortizone shot(ouchie!) but if it reliefs the pain i've had for 3.5 months i'll do whatever it takes...


.oh and the dr. said no restrictions on exercise other than if i hurts do not do it--umm yeah ok--that leaves out treadmill-elliptical--bike-- sigh--but walking is good

Shadoe
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11-04-2004

Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shadoe a private message Print Post    
Nancy, what about physio for the knee swelling?
Over time, I think I overdid my exercising and also had terrible swelling and knee problems.
My dr sent me to a sport medicine dr and also said go to physio.
The sport guy took his Xrays and said to work with the physio for a month, then come back. I hate to admit it, but the physio is actually helping, along with the specific exercises I was given.
It seems that the muscles in my legs loved the ever increasing weights but the tendons and all the stuff in the knee were not able to keep up.

I had mucked up my shoulder as well, but that's another story. It is also much better from the physio, and I had a cortisone shot a few years ago that worked like a miracle in getting rid of the pain. The joint specialist said that sure the shot will work but only for awhile and you don't want to get alot of them - she said something about doing more harm than good.
We did the shot after the anti-inflammatory pills were no longer working. The pills are pretty hard on your liver as well, so if at all possible, it's better to find the cause of the problem and eliminate it.

The pills should work but it will take a bit for you to notice a difference.
The shot is like a miracle, at least it was for me, but it did not last forever.
The physio is a bit painful, but it's really working well. I've started back at the gym, slowly, and I can do much more cardio, plus jump rope again, for longer stretches of time.

Nancy, each and every step was painful less than a month ago; now, I feel like I have a new knee.

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 5:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
he did not mention physio--but said in 3 weeks he'd reassess and would talk other options--so i'm sure that will probably some up then--and that's very encouraging shadoe--i hope it will be true for me as well!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Hope things improve soon, Nancy.

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
well just a follow up--my knee is still bothering me tho to a lesser degree than before. I thought at first the pills were going to be a problem as my tummy was icky but i think it was more that i had taken them on a not full tummy so i've been sure to take it with a full tummy now.

the 28th i got back for a follow-up, have an idea I might need a shot--will let you know next week --I need to get back to walking, i'm sure my extra 20 lbs isnt helping either..

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 11:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
well, for those of you following my knee story--i Had a cortizone shot today--(first time ever for that!) god it was painful!

my dr. still feels its just from the arthritis and swelling and not structural so he wanted to try the cortizone before ordering an mri etc..so if its not better in two weeks then i am to call him(i will see him otherwise in 8 weeks)

remind me never to get one of these shots in the knee agian!

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 - 5:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
That injection sounds absolutely evil, Nancy. I hope you experience some pain relief from it.

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Sunday, March 04, 2007 - 6:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
its actually much worse today :-(

Retired
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07-11-2001

Monday, March 05, 2007 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Retired a private message Print Post    
(((Nancy))) Maybe call the doc?