A bad sign?

[Guest guest]

Is it a bad sign, when I'm starting to hurt all the way up my fibula,

from the ankle to the knee? In the past, I've had days where my pain

felt like it was going " ping-pong " from one to the other, but recently

it's been feeling like somebody has stuck a rod through the middle of

my fibula.

I'm still waiting for when my Army National Guard unit can get me to an Army

hospital, and I'll be sure to tell the doctors there to check me out from the

ankle to the knee. Going to my general health clinic, at the Indianapolis V.A.

Medical Center, is out of the question, as I'm pretty much through with dealing

with them.

I was supposed to have another Physical Therapy new evaluation appointment, on

Wednesday (March 5th), but I called the week before and canceled it. When asked

if I want to reschedule, I said " no, I'm not going to waste my time or gas. "

This weekend, I " go play Army, " so I'll try to ask my unit's flight

surgeon about it. At the very least, I'll ask one of the medics.

Probably on Monday or Tuesday, I will go to the Indy VAMC, to go to

Patient Records and request copies of my treatment records from 2006

to present, as well as copies of " my " x-rays and MRI images.

I don't know how much longer it'll be before I get to an Army hospital, but at

this point it's better that I'll be on active duty orders for it, rather than

temporary disability leave from work, seeing how I'll likely be out of

commission for 6 months, for healing and rehabilitation.

Matt

[Guest guest]

So it feels like a bone pain?? or muscle? My legs used to hurt badly the

beginning of my chemo cycles.

My neuro-oncology doctor put me on lyrica, mostly for my pressure headaches, so

not sure if it was supposed to help my legs or not. Though the pain comes and

goes for me now.

They mentioned bone pain, (with the neulasta shots) which of course, I am in

pain from my head and joints so not sure if I would know how to describe it if I

did have bone pain.

I hope you get treatment soon. I ended up taking Advil and it helped, though I

always had to wait that hour for it to kick in. Now I can't take it, my asthma

kicks in.

G/WI

>Matt wrote:

> Is it a bad sign, when I'm starting to hurt all the way up my fibula,

> from the ankle to the knee? In the past, I've had days where my pain

> felt like it was going " ping-pong " from one to the other, but recently

> it's been feeling like somebody has stuck a rod through the middle of

> my fibula.

[Guest guest]

Or pinched nerve pain? I'll guess this is most likely, since my

peroneal tendons are involved. From looking at my x-rays that were

taken in December 2004, and going on what I can actually feel, there

is at least one avulsion fracture in my right ankle, where the

anterior talofibular ligament is supposed to be attached to the distal

end of the fibula. The " heel bone " ligament is likely only partially

avulsed, but it's also overstretched. When my right foot is in planter

flexion, I feel a " snapping " sensation, which my 'homework' tells me

are the peroneal tendons.

When it comes down to it, it probably just depends on how things move

around inside my ankle, when I'm walking, as to how much and what type

of pain I might experience.

Matt

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> So it feels like a bone pain?? or muscle?