PFR-Knee pain-Who has had this?

[Mr.F]

Hello everybody,

Good to hear from you Milly.  Yes I did talk about scar tissue with my new doctor.  The unfortunate issue with scar tissue is it is difficult to see in x rays and MRIs.  I have been researching this topic.  Prior to seeing my new doctor I was researching this topic.

When I went to work today I explained the situation to my bosses and coworkers.  They were thinking no way.  I was asked what my next step(s) is?  I am back to the beginning.  I need to figure out how to handle this situation and my options.

I am thinking about contacting some pain management centers and seeing their practices and policies.  As I said before I do not want to be medicated out of my mind.  I do not want to be on man made pain pills that are highly addictive. 

Well nothing else exciting and new.  Take care...
Mr. F

[captainruss]

Mr. F,

The following is a link to a great article from Dr. Noyes on Arthrofibrosis.  It is great reading.  I have also included posts to Missmyknee's Blog.  This is all great reading by the very best and brightest in this forum.

http://www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/node/633

www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/blog/2?page=1

www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/blog/2?page=2

www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/node/2289

www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/node/2290

www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/blog/2

www.kneeguru.co.uk/KNEEnotes/blog/2

Russ

[Mr.F]

Russ,

I just saw your post and I want to thank you for providing me with this information.  I am in the middle of laundry and working on 3 projects.  I will take a moment and read what you sent.

Thank you,

Mr. F

[TwoBadKneesUSA]

I can understand the whole pain pill nightmare. It't not a good place to be and only covers up the pain anyway.  Does not fix it.  Keep trying and researching.

[Mr.F]

Hello everybody,

Well work and pain are keeping me busy.  This week I have had, and lead, several meetings, working on 3-5 projects with a coworker, assisting with data, progress reports, updating databases, and trainings.  Along with this I am training a new person.  And I still have all the tasks assigned to me.  Needless to say I was looking forward to the weekend to relax.  And yes I still love my job.

As for my knee...well let me say the motto for this week was "a hammer and a hacksaw".  Knock my out and cut it off.  The pain has been getting worse.  I heard about patellar clunk syndrome.  Does anyone know anything about this?  I talked to people where I worked and I have the name of a pain management clinch.

Other than this I am trying to remain positive.  The weather this week did not help.  It was cool, rainy, and overcast.  Fun for a bad knee.  Yesterday I took it easy and relaxed.  Today I am doing my favorite thing... Laundry.  I am looking at 5 loads.  My son is helping me so that should make life easier (?).

I hope you have a fun and relaxing weekend...take care.

Mr. F

[captainruss]

Mr. F,

I cannot accept your thanks for the information as it was provided to me by Missmyknee and the Moderator.  I do hope it helps you.  I thought scar tissue was the worst complication I could contract, but the growth of the bone in my soft tissue is not only painful, but for some reason both my legs are swelling daily.  I mean swelling from my thigh to my toes.  My feet swell so much I can't feel or wiggle my toes.  This is on my good leg (no surgery) and my bad leg.  The OS says he does not know what is causing it and I should stay in bed and elevate both legs with ice.

I am losing the best years of my life laying in bed watching the dreaded Golden Girls.  If you get a chance, check on Missmyknee's Blog.  It is so informative.

Russ

[Mr.F]

Hello everybody,

Sorry for not posting in some days.  I have been very busy at work.  I have been cleaning up other people's mess.  I had to enter 8 months of data in 2 and a half days.  Let me tell you how much fun I had with this.  By 1:30pm I was brain fried.  And I still had all the other charges I had to complete.  On top of this it was the week of incompetent people.  I had a person tell me that one of my projects was running wrong.  She was looking at the draft model (and this was over a month old).  She would not listen.  Another person tells me at the last minute of a change and I have to modify my work on the fly.  After this I need to tell everybody about the change.  Yes everyone wanted to blame me.  I had a team leader tell me what I had to do since she and her team put in so much work so far.  (A power play...she wanted me to go back and figure out her data).  I came up with a simple solution that took me  5 minutes.

On top of this we are working on a new system.  The first run with it, and no problems.  Now, and we do not know why it is doing this, the first time you log in it boots you out.  So we set everybody up, and one by one they are booted off.  Once you log in again everything runs with no problems.

As for my knee I am in a new level of pain.  Thursday I feel asleep around 11:00 and woke up at 11:45 with my left knee locked up in pain.  My wife asked if I needed a pain pill.  I did not want to take a pill.  I needed to move my leg do to the pain coming from my knee.  It felt like the patella was shaking from pressure under the knee cap.  I moved my leg slowly.  Pop...and I stop moving.  Then I move the leg again..Pop.  And my wife goes and gets me a pain pill.  It did very little.

This morning my knee was feeling better.  We went out to breakfast, celebrating mother's day easily.  We went to the mall so I can try on  birkenstock sandals.  I put on a pair and walk around for less than a minute.  I am not sure if I want to purchase these shoes.  I put on my shoes and we leave the store.  I feel some pain in my left knee.  Are you kidding me?  I have worn Birkenstocks for over 10 years.  The foot bed is very harsh.  It is not forgiving.  So here I sit in extreme pain.  (It was a bad idea to try these shoes on).  I am hoping that the pain will subside by the time I go to bed.  If not tonight will be fun.

Well that is all from here.  Have a happy mother's day.  Take care and enjoy the beautiful weather....

Mr. F

[captainruss]

Mr. F,

I have been wearing croc's as my feet are so swollen I can't wear socks or shoes.  I really don't understand it, but both my good leg and bad leg are swelling.

I am telling you brother...sleep and pain relief are two very important parts of your life.  You may not take much, but when you take something it needs to work.  Normally, I take it more when I want to sleep.  I am not driving so if it affects me I am home in bed.

If you don't get sleep because you are in pain, you will reach a point of exhaustion.  Be proactive on the pain. 

That is just my opinion and the do vary.

Russ

[Mr.F]

Hello everybody,

Russ thanks for the response.  You are th second person,in a day, to recommend crocks.  So next time I am out and about I will look for crocks.  As for pain and sleep, I am able to make it through the day.  I normally pass out around 8:00 pm and wake up around 11:00 pm.  What is strange, unique, different, is that when my pain kicks in I fall asleep.  What affects me is a lack of appetite.  I have to force myself to eat.

Before I go on I want to wish all the mothers, soon to be mothers, expecting mothers, and future mores a happy mother's day.  My son and I cleaned the house and took mom out for breakfast.  I am in the middle of 5-6 loads of laundry.

Get out and have fun on a beautiful day.  Take care and have fun...

Mr. F

[Mr.F]

Hello everybody,

Well my two weeks of h@ll are over.  I finally finished the data input.  Wednesday I woke up at 3 am and worked for 2 and a half hours.  I was at work by 6:45am to work on our network.  Computers still crashing, using new software.  I am almost 100% sure it is the other network's server that is causing us to crash.  On top of this I completed two other projects. 

I had a meeting Friday to see what will be my role in the future.  Unfortunately my boss had a rough Friday.  So our meeting was pushed to Monday.  So I will find my new role soon.  Also I was asked to join a new team that will be forming soon. 

So today is beautiful.  We woke up to 63 degrees and sunny.  The family went out for breakfast and was able to sit outside.  It was great weather.  Later on my son and I went to the park.  We launched our water bottle rocket at least 16 times.  It was great.  After we stopped for a "yummy" fast food lunch.  (Which I will regret in 2 hours).  We are watching a movie, I went up strains to get my iPad, and on the way back down my left knee popped.  The pain is extreme.  So here I am sitting on the sofa in agony.  Bending is a new experience in pain.  (And I was having a good day until now).

I hope your weekend is going better than mine.  Take care and get out and have fun this weekend..

Mr. F

[TwoBadKneesUSA]

Well dang all went well until the stairs eh?  Stairs can be evil things.  Glad the rest of the weekend went well.  Hope you can figure out the crashing issues.  Frusterating sometimes.

Weekend was good for me had a jewelry party Sat.  Nice girls day!  Bought some pretties for my self.  Spent Sun trying to recover, the rain made the arthritis kick in BAD.  Back was so bad walking was so tough.  Only got half the laundry done, but we had clean clothes for this week so don't feel too bad.

Hope the knee feels better soon.

Milly

[Mr.F]

Hello everybody,

Here I sit on the sofa recovering from an extremely painful day.  The weather has turned.  This week its going to be overcast, rainy, and gloomy all week.  Bring on the pain.

So this morning I am sitting in a meeting and presentations.  I am feeling the pain come on.  In fifteen minutes the pain becomes worse.  Another twenty minutes pass and I can not sit.  I am moving and squirming in my seat.  By the time the presentations are over I can not get comfortable.

I leave and go up one floor to check in and go to my office.  I stop by my boss's office.  He is not in so I stop and talk to his administrative assistant, another secretary, and two other people.  We move into the hall because two people stop by to see my boss.  The three of us are talking and my left knee locks up.  I almost fall onto the floor.  I drop by briefcase and grab the wall.  Security is walking the floor and comes running over.  Two other people come to assist.  The pain is barely manageable.  I get a coworker to grab my ankle and pull me leg strait.  Wow the pain.

I spend the rest of the day limping around the floor, my office, and the floor above me.  I could not get comfortable.  Standing, sitting, laying on the floor, and rotating between the three.  No relief. 

I have been dealing with this pain all day.  And my luck the rest of the week will be the same.  Fun for me.

Take care,

Mr. F

[Mr.F]

Hello everybody,

I did not read my last post so forgive me if I repeat myself.  As I remember the weather was overcast and rainy for the week. The weekend was suppose to be sunny and warm.  Well never look at the weath for the weekend on Monday and Tuesday and take it seriously.  The weekend has been overcast, cloudy, and wet.  Monday does not look any better.

At work we had a celebration, on Friday, for productivity.  It was fun.  I was glad to see all of us get together and relax.  Nice break from the normal routine.  Everyone was less stressed out and smiling.  People were talking to each other and not keeping to their nitches.  Fun time for all.

As for my knees, that is another story.  I had one coworker stop me in the halls and ask me about my pain.  He was thinking about me when he saw the weather report for the next week and rain is in the picture everyday.  He asked if the pain I have ever goes away.  I told him not in this weather.

So I am in some, not sever pain, Friday at work.  We all leave for the weekend.  I go home and take the family out to dinner.  I am not a drinker, but my wife wants a drink with dinner so I drive (normally she drives because of my knees).  I am in minor pain, very mamagable until it is time to leave the restaurant.  As we walk outside the weather is changing.  Wow my arthritis is back.  Friday night I pass out in pain.

Saturday I wake up early and in pain.  I feel like I can not stand up strait.  My lower back is in pain, my knees are in pain, and I can barely walk.  I am forced to use my ankle weights.  6 pounds per leg.  I work through the pain to loosen up my back muscles.  After 20-30 minutes I decided to see if I can work my spine and get some relief.  Within 5-8 minutes I got at least 25 cracks out of my spine (through simple movement and stretching).  For about an hour I felt great.  Well at least my back felt great.

Today when I woke up my back was in less pain, but my knees are still killing me.  Overcast weather, rain, and more overcast weather.  So the rest of my family is going to see Me In Black 3.  I stayed home because I feel if I go to see the movie, and I am in this much pain, I might fall asleep during the movie.  I am on the sofa, with the cats, and typing away.  In a few minutes I will make myself something to eat and relax.  With all the pain at least I have the laundry to keep me company.

Have a fantastic Sunday.  Get out and spend time with the family like I wish I could.  Take care,

Mr. F

[captainruss]

Mr. F,

Having a great memorial weekend watching all of the great people who sacrificed for our right to have bad knee surgeries!!  I did fell better about my situation and tried to take the kiddies to Clearwater Beach, but so many healthy people parking in handicapped so i could not get within 2 miles of the beach!

Thank you to all who have served their countries!!

Russ

[Mr.F]

Hello everybody,

First I would like to take a moment to pay my respects and honor those who are serving and those who have served in our military.  Without them our freedom means nothing. 

Russ I lived in the state you currently live in.  It is amazing how people abuse the handicap parking there.  I remember it was bad, very bad, at banks (epically the ATMs).  I had a handicapped pass when I lived there.  I would go to a bank and have to wait to get a handicap spot.  When the healthy person left and I got the spot the police would show up and bother me.  Like I was the criminal.

So sorry you could not enjoy the beach.  I hope you Nd the kiddies had a fun and relaxing day.  My wife and son went to the movies yesterday.  I was cramping something fierce.

Again I find myself sitting on the sofa typing this post.  I woke up in less pain today.  The pain is all in my left knee.  I am looking up pain management places where I live.  I was given the name of a pain management, PT, and doctor's offices.  Sounds interesting.  One major issue.  It is almost 35 miles from where I live.  I need to think about this prior tomakingan appointment.  I was hoping I could find a pain management place within 10 miles.  So the search continues.

On a happy note I was on Facebook and found a friend that I have not talked to in almost 10 years.  Once we started chatting another friend, again I have not talked to him in almost 10 years