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Today is a bad day for me.  Everyday is bad but today is horrible.  I have such bad pain, and I cant find anything at all to make it any better.  My lortab is not touching it, ice not touching it elevation, not touching it and staying off of it not touching it. As if the pain isnt bad enough, I changed clothes and notice the swelling was awful too, its usually swollen but it is really swollen, the ice and elevation isnt helping.  What the heck????

Man, I am so tired of this knee pain.  I mean it is freaking severe, I take loratab 7.5 q 6 hours and it doesnt seem to help that much ofcorse Ive been on it for about a year, maybe Im getting tolerant to it.

I had a good cry today.  Just came home from the OS and while I known -- Have known my left knee was very bad since 2006 the past few months have been a struggle to control the pain. My quality of life has slowly been stolen from me the last few months.   I get up and go to work..

One of the questions emergency room doctors face when they see patients with knee injuries is whether or not to order an X-ray. This paper published by the AAFP explains the Pittsburgh Knee Rule and compares it to the Ottawa Knee Rule for deciding on X-ray in the emergency department.

If any readers are interested in knowing their own knee scores using a variety of scoring systems, click this link. You can take the test, see your score and print out the results to compare with future tests.

My MRI Right Knee 27^th June 2008

TECHNIQUE: Standard sequences with additional sagittal T2 and axial STIR

Patellar instability - subluxation or dislocation - can be congenital or acquired. A congenital condition is a condition someone is born with. An acquired condition is a condition that comes on due to injury or incorrect surgery.