unknown knee injury
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i have some sort of injury to my ligaments at first thought it could be a bit of osti xray showed a bit of osti bt now after bieng so energetic i somehow have injury to knee large swelling severe pain off work for 3weeks as now cant walk or put pressure on leg pain is worse at night refered by gp for mri scan 3weeks ago now im told have to wait 20 weeks for mri scan ..apart from going private what am i suposed to do in meantime ,no painkiller or creams touch the pain and think id rather give birth each night than have this pain frustrated and depressed through restrictions please some one have any advise on what way i should deal with this i suffer with high blood pressure and im on ramipril to keep it down but latley my pain tollarance have sent my bp high again.
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Laura3333 marie88168
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Once the consultant has seen your knee, he may decide to push you up the nhs ladder a bit faster.
marie88168 Laura3333
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CHICO_MARX marie88168
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Laura3333 CHICO_MARX
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It's Voltarol over here Chico.
marie88168 CHICO_MARX
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marilyn10235 marie88168
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Hi Marie, sorry to hear you're in such pain. Same thing happened to my right knee last year, i couldn't straighten it & too painful to walk. I went to my GP who referred me to see a specialist & also (with excellent forethought) sent me to have an X-ray which I had the same day.
Using the Choose & Book system I found the soonest appt was 13 days away. At the nearest hospital. Wonderful! As I had had the X-ray the surgeon did a quick exam & put me on the list for TKR, I just had to decide which knee to have done! It was easy the left was agony, the right slightly less so.
Now the moral of my story is, go back to your GP & ask to be referred, urgently, to Orthopaedics & Trauma,the reasons being 1. Constant agony
2. Not able to walk
3. Not adequate pain relief
4. No quality of life in constant pain!
If all else fails & you find you cannot bend or straighten your leg, go to A&E. At the very least you will get an X-ray. Then go back to GP. Or you could do the other way round. Depends if you have 10 hours to wait in A& E!!
Where are you in the U.K.?
I hope you get something going soon.
Marilyn
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marilyn10235 marie88168
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Oh wow Marie, you really are doing it tough!
The trouble is even MRI won't necessarily show meniscus damage, I had one in 2007 it was inconclusive. I had to have arthroscopy which showed 2 years in the meniscus & arthritis! That was on the right knee. I had TKR on the left in October last year. Still waiting for the right to be done.
Ligament damage is on a different level! Very painful & can take as long to recover from!
You are between the devil & the deep blue sea!
I'm sorry you have all this trouble & pain.
Can't help you much, but I am thinking of you & hope something to help you gets done soon.
All the best 🤗 🤗
Marilyn
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Marie X.