Re: fell again

[Guest guest]

Ouch! That sounds horrible. Just falling on concrete sounds bad enough, but

shudder to think about falling right on my knees. You certainly have my

sympathy. I fall quite often and know how bad those can be. My knees and ankles

are messed up because of the falls.

I would call the ortho doctor's or pain doctor's emergency after hours number

and ask them what to do. Maybe they can give you something else for the pain.

You are trying to keep your knees elevated, right? I know that is hard to do

when you are talking about your thigh. Do you have a laptop and can you work

from the sofa or bed? If not, then at least take 10 minutes every hour to put

them up. I will lay on the floor and prop my legs straight up on the sofa or

against a wall. It gets them up as high as I can.

If cold helps, why not keep putting ice packs on them? If you don't have enough

ice packs, you can make your own. Take a plastic baggie full of beans or rice

and putting it in the freezer for several hours. Then wrap it in a dish towel

and apply to the area.

I am so very sorry that you have to work right now. I always hated having to

work when I was in severe pain.

Gentle hugs and a speedy recovery,

> wrote:

> I need some sympathy. I am not usually one who needs such a thing, but I fell

on the 23rd, straight down on my knees onto concrete.

[Guest guest]

You have every reason to vent, that's what we're here for. Do you have

another appt scheduled for the Dr? Tylenol doesn't do squat for me. I do

ibuprofen 4 at a time.

Bless

> wrote:

Hi guys,

>I fell on the 23rd, straight down on my knees onto concrete.

>I thought it was just my knee damaged so I saw my ortho doctor and he

gave me a steroid injection, but the pain is so excruciating in my knee,

and now up my thigh. Or maybe down my thigh if I hurt my spine. My pain

meds + Tylenol are not helping at all. Ice helps but I can't stay in the

freezer. This is all added to my other pain issues.

>I don't know what to do now. The shot obviously did not help. I have a

deadline so I can't just go to bed. I have to sit at this %$# & @ computer.

>I'm sorry to complain. I know we all have problems, that is why we are

here. Just wondered if anyone had suggestions to get me through this

setback. I was doing so much better.

[Guest guest]

Thanks. I knew you guys would give me a lift! Maybe not when I am

sitting on my butt on the concrete, but a lift nonetheless. Ha ha!

I am supposed to go back " as needed " for another shot in a few months, or maybe

try the Supartz shots again. They really helped before but that was before I

fell on my knee three times.

I have Percocet for the pain which originally brought me to this list (herniated

disks, scar tissue from surgery, pain down legs, prosthetic-leg-related stuff),

but it doesn't help my knee when I stand and sit. That is an acute grinding pain

that makes me yelp so loud my dogs wake up and look at me. They don't offer to

help, just look at me!

Ibuprofen and Aleve really help, but I cannot take it more than one day in a row

because of tummy and esophageal ulcer history.

> Ellen wrote:

> You have every reason to vent, that's what we're here for. Do you have another

appt scheduled for the Dr? Tylenol doesn't do squat for me. I do ibuprofen 4 at

a time.