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Ach. Knee. One of the shreds of my meniscus shifted and is blocking the range of motion on my left knee. Tylenol, found a meh knee brace at the main train station drug store. Flying home tomorrow anyway. Pretty happy I made it this far on generally ok knees.
Talk to doc when I get home; arthroscopic may be in my near future.
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Ouch. Have a safe trip back.
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07-18-2022, 06:14 AM
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Funny Story.
Did I push against the pain to do my walks? Yes. Did it hurt? Somewhat. Did my knee give out when i was farthest from the house as I navigated a steep little spot of steps? Also yes? Did I fall? Yes. Did I bleed? Definitely. I even said ow many, many times as I lay there in the burr filled weeds.
I did actually think I could walk back up the steep hill the half mile to the house. The knee said no. It said no about a lot of things. Don't move. Don't get up. Just sit here in the dirt. Fortunately, I was able to text the Queen to come and get me. Fortunately, I had a set of crutches in the garage which I used to get from the car to the house. I now have an icepack on the knee (The Queen insisted against my stubbornness) and I'm contemplating taking the whole bottle of ibuprofen. Good thing I did this today because the Queen leaves tomorrow for a week.
Am I angry? Yes. Stupid body.
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Ouch. Did you hit your head? Where were you bleeding?
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07-18-2022, 08:36 AM
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I did not hit my head. I bled from the bad knee. I might have had a touch of shock once I got home as the adrenaline departed. Not a fan. Basically, my left leg went out from under me when it decided no longer to support me. My left knee scraped along the ground.
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I'm probably late to the party on this one, but life is a pain in the ass when you can only use the one leg. Good thing tQ is here to wait on me. At least for another 24 hours.
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Having only one arm sux too. I've been trying to channel Jimmy Wang Yu's One-Armed Swordsman to little avail.
I've lost a lot of strength in my left arm, not that there was much there to begin with. On top of the shoulder/amr pain, the dog bite has healed well, only it's itchy. That kept trying to get infected so I've been changing the dressing twice a day.
I pften say 'Death will come to me from the left' because that is my weaker side. Whenever I get sick, it starts in my left nostril (adnoid to be specific). I collapsed my left lung. Now this. The MRI shows more compaction on my right side, but only my left side hurts. Maybe my doc got the image flipped.
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I'm thinking of going to the doctor's office. Crazy, I know. In anticipation of that, I called Kaiser's Help desk to see if I could see someone in urgent care in Oakhurst rather than make the journey to Big Kaiser. The first hold portion was about fifteen minutes. That clerk told me I really should talk to the advice nurse. Oddly, that is who i thought I was waiting for. Nope. The clerk put me on hold for another 35 minutes. When the advice came on after the interminable wait, I accidentally hit the disconnect button. It was a brutal end to a long day.
Fortunately, the advice nurse called me back, although I did have to race across the house on crutches to get to the landline. My cel phone doesn't accept numbers not in the contact list. I will be speaking to my own doctor this morning at 8:30 to figure out where to go from here. I'm pretty sure the where is Big Kaiser.
I'm hoping for a miracle at this point. The Queen leaves tonight and at the moment I can do very little without her aid including feeding myself or the animals. The pain is a tad less after a night of uncomfortable sleep but I still can't put much weight on my left leg.
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It just seems rude, that when I was getting out of bed this morning, I had a cramp in my left leg.
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BIG KAISER! Then off to Oakhurst Kaiser this afternoon with my regular doctor
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I'm going to little Kaiser in Campbell on Monday for a physical. My brother-in-law's death made it look like a good idea.
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I'm now at Little Kaiser in Oakhurst. Two doctor visits in one day!
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I was just at little Kaiser in Scott’s valley picking up some new meds. They’re in the tryptomine family so I’m excited to see how it goes tonight.
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And the answer is : They don't know. According to the x-rays there is no damage. The most likely cause of the pain is a partial meniscus tear, which will probably smooth itself out. I'm to keep doing what I'm doing. Ice. Ibuprofen. Crutches.
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Typical.
No PT? No drugs? You need to act like it hurts.
Any good chiropractors over there? They are much better at such matters.
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