I have hurt myself.

dreamdaisy

I toddled up to A&E bright and early this morning (anything to delay a meth stabbing! ) and after a little waiting around and a couple of Xrays it has been established that I have torn the medial ligament in my left knee. It was also helpfully pointed out that I have severe OA. Well I'll be blowed! That explains a few things, doesn't it? :roll:

I have to go to physiotherapy a week on Thursday. Grrrrrrrrr. I am sore and tired, he pulled and pushed and prodded and I yelped every now and again. For some reason I am now feeling peeved. I am off to make a cuppa. DD

tillytop

Hey DD

No wonder you are peeved! Seems daft that you have to wait a week for your first physio session, but I am glad you got it checked out.

Thinking of you.

Tilly xxx

joanlawson

Ouch, DD, no wonder it's been hurting :!: :shock: A torn medial ligament and severe OA :!: :!: :shock: :shock: You have my sympathy by the bucketload.

I think a little ( or rather a lot! ) of pampering is called for, so take care, put your feet up, and enjoy your cuppa.

Joan

Starburst

Ouchie! Oh DD, you poor thing. I once tore a liagment in my ankle and it's really rather painful. No wonder you're feeling peeved....totally understandable! Make sure you rest plenty and are extra kind to yourself. That's an order. x

mig

Oh dd am sorry hoped you had got off with colourful bruises,enjoy cuppa are you going to dip a biscuits,i posted on cc to find out what others dipped.Im just having a cuppa after half hour nap.Mig

dorcas

Hi damsel

I'm glad you finally went to have yourself checked out! but sorry you've torn ligaments..... :???: very painful and takes an age to repair. Tea and biccies? or maybe a nice glass of something?.... you deserve it.

That's one thing off your 'to do 'list DD!! good luck chasing up ortho and the dexa scan...

Iris xxx

dreamdaisy

Ah mig, I am not, and never have been, a dunker. I am many things but not that! I am about to make another cuppa and down some dullers - I need them.

Hello starburst, thank you for your kind words. I am pleased I know what is what with it now, it hasn't felt right since the stool broke. I know it can't be fixed as such but I hope the physio helps.

Hello again Mrs L! I knew the OA was there, I found that out in April and it's in both knees, like the PA, oh happiness is. I have to go back to the hospital at some point for an Xray on my right ankle, I think the OA is in there too, keeping the PA company. Deep, deep joy. I hope you are enjoying a lovely sunny day today - it's gorgeous in Suffolk!

Tilly? I is a good girl, yes? I did go to the hurty place and finded out what's wrong. Choccy for DD for bein' brave.

Hey, Dorcas! How lovely to hear from you! Yup, Diabolic is in the wars but I will recover in time, of that I am sure. I honestly dithered about going, the trouble is we get used to living with pain and discomfort - and that can be dangerous, yes? At least I know I haven't done anything really bad, just mildly bad.

constable

Hi DD

I sort of know how bad a torn ligement can be, my eldest daughter did her's when she was twelve, and she was in a lot of pain. And you have OA there to, well that must of been a shock to you(not). What didi you say to the doctor on that one.

Lets hope that you are now on the road to recovery. Hope you start feeling a bit better very soon. Enjoy your cuppa too.


Karen xx

suzygirl

Hi DD, glad you got yourself checked out. No wonder it was painful. Lets hope the physio is able to help.

jillyb1

Poor you , DD , no wonder it's all been so uncomfortable . Make sure you do as you're told , rest rest and more rest and perhaps the odd alcoholic beverage to help you through it . Jillyb

sugarbuttie

I think you deserve more than a cuppa & biccie! A very large wine is in order I think!

Take care x

skezier

Hi DD,

Oh torn ligaments..... they really do hurt. I hope you will find that the physio's help.

Things have changed so much since I did mine. They stuck me in plaster and it is probably easier to get it back the new way cus by the time mine came out of plaster the leg was so stiff as well as hurt.

I got a small bottle of pink champers in the fridge...was keeping it till the 5th but will share it early if it helps? This lot might be able to make moonshine.. they way they behave they are on something A ((( ))) and a ligament heal draft. Cris xx

hileena111

Hi DD
Sorry I didnt get to this yesterday.....glad you got yourself to A & E
Ouch!!!!!!!! that must be sore....torn ligament. :shock:
Oh well......nought for it but to rest and take some of your own prescription Cuppa, biscuit and was it you suggested choccies for me
As for the doc......I called in at the hospital halfway through May with this fractured pelvis or whever it is?????????? He x rayed it and came back and said "looking at your x ray I would say you have arthritis in that hip" :eek: Never!!!!!!!! Just had it for 9 years and had one replaced :eek: I was tempted to say "how many years training did you have to do to be able to diagnose things like that"??? but i didnt......kept mouth shout for once Just rest nothing much more i can suggest.
Love
Hileena

dreamdaisy

Morning everyone, again many thanks for the kind messages of support. I told the doc when I went in that I had two kinds of arthritis in my knees, I doubt he took that in and he was, I think, only commenting on what he was seeing when the Xrays came back. He didn't know me from Eve, nor I did I have any clue who he was and our paths are very unlikely to cross again (I hope) so I just grinned and said 'It looks worse everytime I see it.' which is kinda true.

I was wondering about plaster, skezier: a couple of people I know have told me that they are surprised I am not plastered (ha-ha). Personally I am very pleased I am not! Ye gods, now that would have made life awkward and life is awkward enough without that. Is your champagne intact? The fifth is tomorrow and I have absolutely no intention of sharing your treat. That is for you, and you only: the fluffy blue cope was despatched on Tuesday, he should be there by now, I have a rather lovely deep purple looking at me now - any good?

hileena - believe you me I am resting. I have two lessons this morning but that's it for the rest of the day. Mr DD is working at home again, so I shall be on the tea/coffee making and ferrying duties, and I have to create some wondrous feast for dinner tonight, but apart from all of that, zilch is the order of the day!

sugarbuttie - done and dusted last night, I assure you! Rather than one large glass it was three small ones - I think that adds up to about the same!
How well you know me.

jillyb1 - thank you. I promise to be a sensible DD and do what I need to do to get better. One set of pain dullers says 'Avoid Alcohol'. I have never deliberately run over any alcohol in my life and never would.

suzygirl - to be honest I am not entirely sure what the physio will achieve, as long as it doesn't tear it any more I will be compliant! I have been doing my post-op exercises, and will continue so to do, but not too often and not with too much enthusiasm, let's face it I don't really know if they are helpful or not but at least I feel as tho I am doing something positive.

Hi Karen, I did enjoy the cuppa (it was the first of eight yesterday!) but, lacking in the biccie front I had some choccies instead. Luvverly. I have some left for today too - yippee!

Right, I have to tidy my office and get ready for pupils. I shall see you all later. Take care. DD

hileena111

Morning again DD
Could you not get MrDD to do the coffe/tea making and ferrying things around?? Just this once :?: .....
For goodness sake while you are creating a feast tonight be careful and not do what you did a few days ago
Hairdressers this morning.....this afternoon....not sure. I'll take pixi to the hairdressers and see if she remembers how to run lOL

Love

Hileena

julie47

Morning my lovely

glad that you went to a&e but so sorry that you had to find out you had torn a ligament. No wonder the pain wouldn't go away. I hope the physio can help, but hopefully by next week it will be well on the way to being better. (don't know if thats poss but I can hope)

I am glad that you are resting when you can.

Take care
Thinking of you
Juliepf x

dachshund

Hi DD
how are you feeling today.please try not to be so acrobatic.
the shower chair/toillet is made by d**ys.
joan xx

dreamdaisy

I won't lie, it's rough today. Stuff is hurting, muchly. Never mind, eh? I am used to pain but this is a different kinda hurt, it's running alongside the usual. I suppose a variation on a theme makes a change. Yeah, right. :sad: I wish it would stop raining - it's rained all day so far! DD

hileena111

Hi DD
Sorry to hear you are still feeling rough.
You sound as if you have the same weather as us.....hasnt stopped all day.
pm'd you in reply to your text.
Thats exactly what I said to the doc....its a different pain...not my usual one ....I am used to that pain and recognise it LOL

Love
Hileena

skezier

Hi DD,

I think the modern trend is to no use plaster for ligaments ... they used to be deemed worse than breaking it but is it the ones that run on the side of the knee and hold the joint together you have done?

I don't know.... plaster as long as it wasn't too tight might have helped that knee.. they can do backslab style over the joint to allow for swelling....

Do you have to go back by the way, sorry if you have said. My eyes are not so good and my brain slit basically.....

Not sure about the purple cope... I could use it but purple is regal and well... not secret I am not

The new blue one is in harness... the old fella is teaching him but has had to be bribed to with saffron and cream :roll:

I told him the new one is for one section only and tis a section the old lad has never managed to hep with..... Will see if it works.

Hope you got a good night and leaving a (((( )))) and a cuppa for the morning.... its in the stay arm cup but I need it back Cris xx

valval

dd sorry it still so bad leaving hugs to help you through val

dreamdaisy

Grrrrrrrrr. I am not happy. I make Eyeore look the soul of optimism. I have had to up the tramadol to take off a little more than just the edge and the dreams that have resulted! :shock: They are horrendous, unsettling, un-nerving, un-natural, unpleasant and, as far as I am concerned, utterly unwarranted. :x Why do these damn things mess with what passes for my mind so much? I may resort to a slow-release with coco top-ups. I have to work this morning, young Flo has graciously agreed to get out of bed an hour earlier than usual so she can be with me by 10.30. I shall reward her industry with reading and spelling tests. Don't see why I should be the only one in a bad mood. DD

hileena111

Awwww DD
Bless.......These tablets really mess us about dont they. Thats why I wouldnt go on the trammies when my original doc prescribed them....they do much the same to me so i can sympathise with you.
I dont know what to suggest except sending you (((((()))))))
and you know where i am.

Love
Hileena

skezier

..... I hope young Flo will survive?!

Tams I am lucky with and really hope you will find they become easier and your mood lifts, especially by 10.30....... ((((( ))))) and a bucket of mood clearer and another of stamina xx

dreamdaisy

Young Flo not only survived, she has shocked me to my very core. She first came to see me at the tender age of seven years and eleven months. Here we are, six years on, and she is doing - and indeed has been doing for a long while now - very well indeed. (For the past academic year I have been seeing her fortnightly.) We had stonkingly good results in the spelling and reading (I knew we would) so I suggested that she could now stop coming to see me. She went very, very quiet. Very quiet. I said that not coming was an option, as was coming monthly for a top-up, staying fortnightly, or just coming in the holidays to say hello. No response. I told her to think about it, to go home and have a chat with Ma and Pa, and let me know at the beginning of term what she wanted. She set off for home, I rang mum and we had a lovely natter which ended up with both of us in tears. Girlies, eh? :roll:

Flo does not want to stop. She was horrified at reducing to fortnightly lessons. I am, apparently, as important to her as breathing. :shock: I am, quite simply, stunned. DD

skezier

Hi DD,

Its cus of confidence I think..... the trouble with dyslexia is you don't have confidence....

She also obviously also appreciates you! xx