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Old 01-25-2008, 07:26 AM
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I just woke up (after 2hrs sleep)

My knee is swollen so badly right. I'm starting to question the diagnosis. I cant stand on it at all. I could last night. I just had to crawl out to the stairs, somehow got myself on the stair chair and go get the 2nd crutch. I cant put ANY weight on my knee and leg.

All the pain and ginormous swelling is centered on the right side of the knee, right above it. Ever get a pulled muscle and end up getting a big knot of muscle right above your knee and feeling like you cant move the knee at all. I wonder if a baclofen would relax the muscles there. I also have flexeril (another muscle relaxer) I wonder if one of those would help.

It hurts so bad right now, I just want to be very very very ill. I've had broken bones, ruptured achilles tendons and multiple concussions and I've never had pain so bad that I want to vomit. (some of the sick feeling could be that I only had 2hrs of sleep, I get sick feeling when I dont get enough sleep sometimes)

Hopefully I dont have to really be ill, because there's no way I'll be making it to the bathroom in time.

There is absolutely no way for me to get to my neuro appointment now. I know now that I cant drive with this knee, and I refuse to let my mom drive my car. (she hasnt driven since 2002)

At least I can move my foot and toes and there's no numbness in my lower leg. I wish I had numbness in my knee now. I'm about to go crawl outside and lay down in the snow to try to get the swelling down.

Right now, this sucks. I hope my mom comes down to check on me when she gets up, because I'm going to have her bring me every icepack I have in the freezer...and adjust my sock, because it got all twisty while I was sleeping and now it's driving me nuts...and I cant bend the knee to even get it off.

I'm attempting sleep again and hoping that I'll be able to move my knee by the next time I wake up.
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