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Knee problem

Discussion in 'Off Topic [BG]' started by IamGroot, Jun 15, 2019.

  1. Jun 15, 2019 #1
    IamGroot

    IamGroot Inactive

    Jan 18, 2018
    Right Knee twinged a little Thursday morning. By 10 pm, it was a swollen nightmare that painkillers didnt take the edge off. When it got light, i limped to my car, screamed as i got in as knee didnt bend and drove 90 miles to an Emergency room. Drove with Left foot and cruise control as right leg out of commission.
    Out of mind with pain when i got to ER. 4mg morphine and two needle pokes to drain it. 9 hrs. All tests negative .... no arthritis, no trauma, no infection. Possibly pseudo gout. Waiting for lab results to see if calcium crystals in knee.

    Usually goes away and doesnt reoccur except if parathyroid problem. Not a diet thing like gout.

    The morphine was blessed relief.

    Able to limp now with cane.
     
  2. Jun 15, 2019 #2
    bholder

    bholder Affable Sociopath Gold Supporting Member Supporting Member

    Sep 2, 2001
    Vestal, NY
    Received a gift from Sire* (see sig)
    Ow. Sorry.
     
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  3. Jun 15, 2019 #3
    blastoff99

    blastoff99 Moderators Local A440 Staff Member Gold Supporting Member Supporting Member

    Dec 17, 2011
    Under the flight path
    Wait I thought you left and now you've limped back to us? Did I miss something? Should I have read more than the first page of that thread?

    That's quite a lot of pain for a pseudothing. Wow. I'm impressed. Glad there doesn't appear to be anything structural wrong.
     
  4. Jun 15, 2019 #4
    jerry

    jerry Too old for a hiptrip Gold Supporting Member

    Dec 13, 1999
    I used to get gout in the knee, horrible pain. The gout crystals really tore up my knee too, and I just had it replaced a week and a half ago.
     
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  5. Jun 16, 2019 #5
    IamGroot

    IamGroot Inactive

    Jan 18, 2018
    The pain was impressive
     
  6. Jun 16, 2019 #6
    bholder

    bholder Affable Sociopath Gold Supporting Member Supporting Member

    Sep 2, 2001
    Vestal, NY
    Received a gift from Sire* (see sig)
    I dislocated my right knee back (bent 90 degrees "the wrong way" sideways) in '88 and tore 3 ligaments and the meniscus. Worst pain I'd ever felt up until that point. I'd say it's just about tied with passing a kidney stone. Yeah, knees can hurt a lot.
     
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  7. Jun 16, 2019 #7
    buldog5151bass

    buldog5151bass Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.

    Oct 22, 2003
    Connecticut
    Did you twist it or anything - any trauma?
     
  8. Jun 17, 2019 #8
    IamGroot

    IamGroot Inactive

    Jan 18, 2018
    No trauma, no arthritis, no infection.
     
  9. Jun 18, 2019 #9
    foal30

    foal30

    Dec 3, 2007
    New Zealand
    IamGout
     
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  10. Jun 18, 2019 #10
    two fingers

    two fingers Opinionated blowhard. But not mad about it. Inactive

    Feb 7, 2005
    Eastern NC USA
    I got nutn. Here's hoping you get it figured out and it feels better soon.

    My only advice is to avoid putting treatment off. Hips and knees never "work themselves out". Mine was bursitis. Surgery sucked. Recovery sucked even more. (Nothing like a therapist jamming his thumbs into scar tissue from a two-day-old incision to "loosen it up". :wideyed:)

    But I'm good these days.

    My father AND my father in law put off knee surgeries for a couple extra years. Now they are both disciples of getting it done now. They suffered way too long.
     
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  11. Jun 18, 2019 #11
    bholder

    bholder Affable Sociopath Gold Supporting Member Supporting Member

    Sep 2, 2001
    Vestal, NY
    Received a gift from Sire* (see sig)
    I like the knee test I think they call "Lachman's Sign" or something like that - means twisting the knee just right to make the patient scream. "Does this hurt?" Ummmm, yeah, you can tell by the screaming! :eek::eek:

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    Lachman test - Wikipedia - more of a "controlled pull" than a twist. There's a twisty one, too, for checking the MCL.
     
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  12. Jun 18, 2019 #12
    ElectroVibe

    ElectroVibe

    Mar 2, 2013
    Do you sit at a desk during the day? Make sure to sit properly with both feet flat.
     
  13. Jun 19, 2019 #13
    murphy

    murphy Supporting Member

    May 5, 2004
    Canada
    I tore my miniscus 3 weeks ago...icing every day and been wearing a brace for 2 weeks....getting better....yes...I know your pain

    and that was on my good leg....UGH