No info, total confusion?

raphacondor

Nov 2021, right gave in twice when walking dog. In the evening unable to walk, severe pain on knee. Feels like trapped nerve or even fracture.

3 weeks of work, totally immobile - xray told OA of right knee. Pain worse. Physio at home, painkillers prescribed.

In constant pain, Dec 23 2021 steroid injection. Lasted about 2 weeks, back to the same pain, immobility. Back to work, phased return. MSK referral for MRI.

Stil no further forward.

The pain is bad, still like trapped nerve or even fracture(march 2022)

I think more is going on than Athritus.

airwave

What I try and get across is that pain is pain, no matter what your eventual diagnosis and you need to concentrate your mind on dealing with it. The chance is that eventually you will get a diagnosis but that may be slow and you must deal with pain first.

A referral to the Pain Clinic would be much more useful to you, ask for the referral and if you can get one they will ask you in and go through the signs and symptoms you exhibit and hopefully a course to help you. Nothing is quick at the moment so you’ll see that at present it is up to you. There is so much information on this website, you need to be willing to search for it. I did suggest a Q and A type pages on here but it was never taken up.

Answers you may be looking for include:- mind control, drug types and use, pain relief, exercise, rest to name a few, being kind to yourself is important, often it’s a combination of things that will give you results. If you are still in work then you need to talk to your HR and whoever is your is in charge, it sounds as though you are going down this route and is very important to the rest of your life that you continue to go by the book in this respect, many of us have done so and survived! This is only a brief reply, it would take a long time to continue.

good luck.

its a grin, honest!

stickywicket

So, your x-ray revealed OA and MSK have referred you for an MRI to see if there's anything else going on.

I think @airwave is right and you need to concentrate on pain relief. There is lots of info on here about how to deal with pain - exercises are my go to method as strengthening supporting muscles makes a huge difference. But distraction is another favourite - anything that absorbs you and takes your mind off pain.

Steroid injections are a bit hit and miss. They work sometimes, for a short period of time, for some people. I don't think they'd make any difference at all to a break. They might to nerve pain but most people who write of that find it comes from their back or hips.

The MRI should clear up any doubts about cause but, in the meantime do check out some of the exercises on here to make life easier for yourself. Little and often is the best way to go.