Finally seeing a doctor about my leg tomorrow
 

I'm a bit disappointed...I wont get to see my regular doctor, Dr C1. He's totally booked today. :( and he's off tomorrow.

I have to see my second choice, Dr C2. (they have the same first name, Chris, and their last names both begin with the letter C too)

I havent seen Dr. C2 since just before I got diagnosed with MS. He's the one who got me calmed down about the possibility. Told me a few stories about his grandmother having MS. So, getting to see him again isnt that big of a disappointment, he's almost as cool as Dr. C1.

I fell 2 weeks ago today, and even tho I can now bend my knee, it hurts a lot more than it did two weeks ago. My entire right leg is one big ache, and most of the pain is centered right at the top of my fibula. Last night I didnt fall asleep until well after 4am because it hurt so bad. (1 baclofen, 600mg of ibuprofen and two tylenol didnt seem to help.)

This morning, I've had my knee feel like it's a lot unstable and the kneecap keeps feeling like it wants to slide off...and it's still hurting this morning. Last few mornings, it didnt feel too sore in the mornings, waited till evening to start really hurting.

This almost feels like the same kind of pain I felt when I broke both my arms when I was younger (not at the same time, thank goodness)

I dont think I broke anything, maybe I cracked something, but I dont think I fractured anything in my knee all the way thru. I also could have torn a ligament or something...I just want to have a doctor tell me if I did more damage than I thought I did when I first fell.

I'm just tired from the pain keeping me awake at night. I think it's aggravating some spasticity. I just want to make sure that's all it is. I guess they'll do an xray or two tomorrow. Hopefully there's nothing cracked or torn or knocked loose in there.

Good luck with the doc. I hear you about the not sleeping and wondering if you actually hurt it, or if it's just hurting *because*.

My hip does that, has been really bugging me, and I know I didn't do anything to it. But the doc wrote up an order for an x ray just to be sure.

Hope you get good news. Let us know, okay?

ps - I'm making a chocolate run. Need anything?

I really hope nothing is seriously wrong! The doctor is probably going to give you a hard time because you didn't go to the er. Hopefully he will give you something stronger for the pain. Not sleeping stinks. Yikes! My thoughts are with you.

Good Luck, let us know how it goes. :Good-Luck:

Good luck to you tomorrow, Erin. Are you sure it's your Fibula and not your Tibia? Your Tibia is the bone in the front of your leg, and the Fibula is the bowed bone in the back of your lower leg. I do hope you get some sleep tonight.

All the best,
Chris

Good luck tomorrow, Erin. I really hope it's nothing serious :hug:

good luck erin. i hope the dr finds the problem.

i wonder if icing it might help.
do you have a cane you could use for balance?

That's the thing, I did go to the ER the night I hurt it. They took an Xray and said that it was just sprained/strained.

I can bend the knee now, but I've got some seriously not-fun-at-all pain radiating thru my leg to the point where I cant sleep at night now. I've been paying attention to where the pain seems to be coming from and figured out it's the fibula (was thinking tibia because I forgot which bone was which down there until I wikipedia-ed it today)

I either hurt the fibula or did something to the meniscus in the knee...I have a lot of similar symptoms to my aunt's knee, she has a torn meniscus and is grinding bone-on-bone now. (hope that's not the case with me)

It's hurt all day today, just as much as it was last night when it wouldnt let me sleep. I just want to make sure it's not damaged any worse than I thought it was when the ER let me go 2 weeks ago after xraying me.

yeah, I've got a cane I've been using when I go shopping just in case I get smacked in the back of the head with vertigo. (had serious vertigo issues last summer)

People always look at me weird when I'm walking around with a cane, because half the time I'm just carrying it, and not limping or anything. People dont realize canes are useful for more than just having a limp or something wrong with the legs. They're good for helping you keep your balance if you have vertigo problems or balance issues.

Knee's are notoriously dodgy blighters! i hope it is gradually improving/ As for the comments about the cane and peoples lack of understanding, you are right- but at least they don't amke an assumption about you being drunk etc. One of the others i met at the Ms society PT was having a tough time, she had previously been close to an olympic standard ice skater and now had MS. Unfortunately less than 4 yrs after dx, she had quite severe ataxia but she was trying to resist using a can or walker. She was really upset because she had fallen and people had just walked around her, commenting on how disgusting it was that she drink so much! she has now come to terms with using the walker and not only has it decreased her risk of falling but its like it has legitimised her unsteady gait- it not pleasant that people are so ill informed but it is the nature of human beings- very quick to make snap judgements