December 7, 2007
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Ouch
It's been three weeks since I fell and hurt my knee. I can't figure out why it's still hurting. And in fact, why it's hurting worse this week than it did last week. It's swollen, hot and tender to the touch even if it's just the fabric of my clothes doing the touching.
Last night, it kept me from sleeping well. It wasn't just that it hurt, it was that I've been watching WAY to many CSI type shows lately. I kept imagining that the problem is a chipped bone. And that a tiny bit of the chip, shaped kind of like a spear, was hurtling through my veins to attack my heart - or worse my brain. And I'd wake up in pain, and stupid, with a headache.
Today it's just making me cranky.
Comments (13)
Wow...you're as good at being medically paranoid as I am!
That's too bad it's hurting that much. I wish I were a doctor 'cause I'd make a house call. 
I think you need to be off to the doctor ma'am!
You're welcome.
oh my gosh, those shows can make you so paranoid.
sounds like you need to be seen by someone if it's getting worse!!!!
I have a chipped bone in my foot. Supposedly it's not migrating anywhere, but I still worry about it. They showed me an X-ray of the foot and pointed out the little stray piece (which looked very threatening to me as they said it was "harmless.") Anyway, that was five years ago and to this day my ankle still swells and gets puffy and sore if I stand on it too long or walk too much.
Hie thee to a doc and get the knee checked out. It's probably not the bone but it could be something else causing the pain and swelling. Wrenching of knees is serious business. Hope it gets better soon and that the doc says it's all okay.
It's ok - I wake up stupid every day!
x-ray time
Better take that to the doctor. Going to the doc is far better than getting stuck in the house, unable to walk, and having to amputate your own leg with a spoon. Then cauterize it with butane lighter and fight off packs of hungry poodles....wait...never mind, I think I read too much fiction.
I know we don' t like that but if you went to the doctor ? Don' t remain like that if this continues to hurt and to be swollen .
Love
Michel
Is it a problem to wake up stupid and with a headache? That pretty much describes my life?
Yada yada yada go to the doctor blah blah blah put some ice on it yada yada yada go to the doctor blah blah blah.
Have you had a radiograph? The digital machines these days give you hardly any rads at all.
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