Weather and knees

[lblanchard]

It went down to the low 40s (F) last night. I hope my amaryllis come through all right. It would be a shame to have three years' worth of experiments brought to an abrupt halt by one cold night.

Yesterday I got out of bed and almost collapsed because of a searing pain in my right knee. I did manage to hobble to the places I needed to go, but it was very scary. The searing pain abated over the course of the day (and the consumption of many ibuprofen), but this morning it is very stiff and a bit swollen.

The sharp pain is low and on the inside, with another muscular strain thing high and on the outside.

Interestingly, I was able to ride my bike -- about five miles, total, to go to my various errands -- with only minimal discomfort. Then I had to hobble from my bike inside to my meetings. I contemplated the possible surreality of biking here and there and then using a cane to get around on foot.

This is the worst episode of knee misbehavior that I have ever had.

Comments

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

One of the signs of a tendon problem is that it's worse after rest, and gets better with activity. (NB: "Better" doesn't mean "okay".)

I'm not sure if this information is actually useful, but it might help you pinpoint/understand what's going on.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

This morning I had to go someplace on my bike. About a block away from the house something went *snap* inside my knee and I had a hot searing pain, owwwwwie. But after an hour it subsided and I seem to be okay again, or at least as okay as I was yesterday.

My money is on one of those doodads that run diagonally across the knee. Why else would it be lower left/upper right? (the annoyed knee being the right one)

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

ACL. You can tear one and survive, but your outcome is much more optimistic if you get it looked at.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

I'm going to give it a day or so. I'm packing some water weight right now, which just may be the straw that is breaking the camel's knee right now.

Also, it's weird. One minute I have complete range of movement and no discomfort -- another minute it's terribly stiff.

I've had that "if I put any weight on this, it's going to break something" sensation off and on for years. The snap was a real surprise, though.

[karenkay.livejournal.com]

"Also, it's weird. One minute I have complete range of movement and no discomfort -- another minute it's terribly stiff."

Like John said, this is typical for this type of injury. I think the snapping was not a good sign.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Now that I think about it, it was more like a "crack."