Red hot knees late in the day.

mellman01

Every day around 5pm once I’ve got home from the prison (work) I like to cook, but standing up around this time always makes my knees go red and hot, they also get really painful with a deep aching, once sit down for a while things calm down and so the cycle repeats.
Is this normal for OA of the knee or kneecaps to get like this after the work days over?, am I doing damage by forcing myself to carry on when their red and painful?.
Also if I force myself to push on with cooking it just gets more unpleasant and in the end I feel like pulling my hair out I also get snappy .

dreamdaisy

It sounds normal to me, mellman. I no longer cook standing, I sit. It's awkward but it means I can do more and for longer. Once you get back from work perhaps you could sit and rest up for a while to ease things and to give your poor knees a break, then tackle the domestic slavery bit. We have to find ways round these problems, our bodies forbid us doing what we have always done so we have to find new approaches. Take care, I wish you well and look after those knees of yours. DD

mellman01

Hi DD thanks, thing is I love cooking but flippers stop even that!,I also get aching up in my thighs that comes from the top of both kneecaps and up into the upper legs guess it's the old OA spreading it's tendrils further.

valval

hi pal i do think it brave of you to try and cook after a day at work i would never manage it as dd says get your self a stool take the weight off your knees. or cook at weekends when you not been on your feet so long hugs as always val

dorcas

Hi mellman

Oh your knees sound vicious. :shock: I have PA not OA in my knees but I can still empathise with what you're going through. :roll:

I know you've had your knees 'looked at'... but I wonder whether you need re-assessed? in case the damage has spread and maybe the orthos could offer you an op :?:

Have you had any OT support mell :?: they can suggest or provide some aids to help in the kitchen.... perching stool, for example ...but there are lots of other devices . It might be worth a call . It's just not fair that arther is intruding on the things you love to do. :???:

thinking of you..

Iris xx

mellman01

Hi Val and Iris, yeah they get hissy most days I've had a scan a year or so ago and I was told I have chonderal stress changes, I had to google it but it means the femur cartilage is under attack from the exposed kneecap bone, thing is them going red and hurting in the afternoon is typical of them, I do use a seat for cooking but it’s really late at night that they give me most problems, and I am always really fearful of the neuropathic pain coming along, I’ve never been able to get a handle on it and the epilepsy drugs make me really ill so I have little defence.

frogmorton

Mell

have you thought about buying a perching stool? You can do a fair bit of preparation from those?

If l didnt l dont think l'd be able to cook half as often as l do :roll:

Love

Toni xx

mellman01

Hi Toni yes got one but it gets in the way sometimes and it makes me more hissy!, that's the biggest problem I find my temper goes right out the window and it drives me nuts!.

dorcas

Hi Mell

I've been thinking more about you and what you're going through.... Would it be a solution (albeit not ideal) for you to do most of your cooking on your days off and put the meals in fridge/ freezer ready for you to re-heat on your working days. :?:

That way you'd still be able to enjoy and benefit from cooking but without the awful grinding, evening knee pain .

just a thought...

Iris xxx

valval

i choose easy to make food when at work. then more complicated meals when am off you have to be kind to your self enjoy cooking at weekends look in m&s they do great choice of ready prepared veg helps to cut down on preperation time and no waste val

tkachev

I would say that was normal. I have OA in the left foot and as the day goes on and especially if standing for any housework then it hurts and gets very hot.
It can be about 5 hours of painful rest before the pain subsides.

Elizabeth

barbara12

Mell
Did you try both gabapentin and pregabalin...if one doesn't suit then sometimes the other can...I know to well how awful the nerve pain is...hope you feel better very soon.
Take care