Physical Update

[robby]

I've had a couple of bad days with my knee, but I'm on the mend again. Sitting aggravates things, so I try not to sit, and haven't been on the interweb. I had a very busy strenuous day yesterday, and finished all my work, and oddly felt better, at the end of the day. I'm walking the dogs again, and they are happy about that.

Comments

[a1icey.livejournal.com]

are you using heat as well as ice? i know with my knee that really helps.

[robby.livejournal.com]

I wear a weird sock thing over my knee that keeps it warm all the time. I was running in my 20's, and I think it led to joint dmage that I'm suffering with now.

[a1icey.livejournal.com]

i mean hot, like hot water bottle. also, my experience with my knee tells me to avoid using a support unless you are doing something that usually hurts your knee. you can't strengthen your knee with a support on.

how much running did you do?

[robby.livejournal.com]

I used to run races, but in retrospect, I think it f*cked up my knees. The thing is not really a support, and I'm not wearing it all the time anymore.
I'm better now, but I think it's time to find a proper doctor. My internet medical education is pretty haphazard.

[a1icey.livejournal.com]

this is worrying - i like running.

[robby.livejournal.com]

I was always too big and too heavy to be a runner, and I thought that if I trained more, I could get past the pain. That was the "no pain, no gain" nonsense. You are much lighter, and probably don't put nearly the same stress on your joints.

[a1icey.livejournal.com]

oh. yeah, i don't feel pain in my joints from running. just my muscles.

[sammason.livejournal.com]

I'm happy about it too. Please don't overdo the walking and working until your knee heals properly.

[robby.livejournal.com]

I have self diagnosed the knee and tendon inflamation as gout. If I'm too easy on myself, the joint gets worse. At the very worst of it, I was walking to the kitchen using the walls as support. It seems that walking is good, as long as I don't bend the knee very much. I need to line up a doctor to take and test the uric acid levels of my joint fluid.

[fablulu.livejournal.com]

Howzabout cortisone? No?

[robby.livejournal.com]

The best thing seems to be a class of drugs called nsaids. I can buy ibuprofin over the counter, and I have a secret stash of celebrex. Cortisone is a steroid, and would probably help. A few times I've popped a vicodin, when the pain gets ridiculous and I can't sleep. Aspirin seems to aggravate the problem.

[fablulu.livejournal.com]

I had horrific pain in my heel (bursitis), and damned if one shot of cortisone didn't fix it right up. It was felt like i'd injected sponge into my heel, and than the bursitis flare up must have taken that opportunity to heal itself.

[robby.livejournal.com]

My sister just told me that she gets cortisone shots for her knees.