Leg injury - A&E?
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I managed to do the same to my knee on deadlifts and then hiit treadmil. Absolutely knacked my right knee and now my left is giving me grief.
Got the doctor's appointment coming up on Tuesday make sure its nothing serious.
Riding my pedal bike though feels great and stiffness goes.
Walking up and down the stairs or any sort of incline...ouch.
Good luck with the op OP. Hope mines a more straight forward rest up thing.
Got the doctor's appointment coming up on Tuesday make sure its nothing serious.
Riding my pedal bike though feels great and stiffness goes.
Walking up and down the stairs or any sort of incline...ouch.
Good luck with the op OP. Hope mines a more straight forward rest up thing.
joshleb said:
Was it just an arthoscopy you had, with further surgery needed to sort out the tendons or did they do it all then?
Sounds painful, remembering to walk again properly isn't always as easy as you expect!
Not sure what an arthoscopy is but I had a full scan, my squatting days are over. Should've have listened to my physio and did some more tendon training. Should've, could've etc Sounds painful, remembering to walk again properly isn't always as easy as you expect!
NHS did a great job overall apart from the A&E doctor who sent me home, that was a major f
k up IMO. Maybe I'm wrong.
Edited by Hilts on Thursday 1st December 23:12
Arthroscopy is in my layman's understanding surgery to have a look in a joint, and if there's eg bits of crap floating around in there the surgeon will nab it, maybe flush things out a bit at the same time.
Wishing you swift mending - doesn't look like you could drive with that, can you borrow/rent an auto once you're off enough of the painkillers?
Wishing you swift mending - doesn't look like you could drive with that, can you borrow/rent an auto once you're off enough of the painkillers?
FlyingMeeces said:
Arthroscopy is in my layman's understanding surgery to have a look in a joint, and if there's eg bits of crap floating around in there the surgeon will nab it, maybe flush things out a bit at the same time.
Wishing you swift mending - doesn't look like you could drive with that, can you borrow/rent an auto once you're off enough of the painkillers?
Cheers.Wishing you swift mending - doesn't look like you could drive with that, can you borrow/rent an auto once you're off enough of the painkillers?
That's my accelerator leg though, I think driving's off for 4 or 5 weeks.
Hilts said:
Was coming back from the toilet in recovery and one of the junior doctors, lovely russian I think, said why are you out of breath? I said it just feels a bit of a struggle. She sent me for a chest x-ray and discovered a blood clot in my lung.
Good catch, doc! Wishing you a swift recovery.
wibblebrain said:
Good one Mr Doctor!
Actually a Miss or maybe Mrs, definitely on my bus though 
FlyingMeeces said:
Good catch, doc! Wishing you a swift recovery.
Flip Martian said:
Wow, that's a damn good spot, well done Doctor!
Yes, very good call, obviously came from my leg injury, when I saw my GP he thought I had DVT because of the substantial bruising in my lower leg and the factit had been about 10 days since my injury.
What I can't work out is my GP who is about late 20s knew what was wrong after a 5 minute diagnosis including a simple pick up and drop test yet the A&E doctor (late 40s) just sent me home after some advice to raise the leg with ice and how to walk properly. A&E was not busy at all, I was the only patient in the waiting area and virtually all of the beds in A&E were empty so it didn't appear she was under time/pressure.
I collapsed twice in 7 days after being sent home, whether this caused more damage I'll never know. I would like to know her reasoning for sending me back. Most of us make mistakes in our work occasionally (maybe!) but this seems a real schoolboy howler.
budgie smuggler said:
Hope the leg heals well OP
Edited by Hilts on Monday 12th September 21:21
campionissimo said:
what's the prognosis for strength and stability in the knee post op??
No-one's really talked to me about it, I didn't spend much time with the physios as I think I picked up what they were trying to get me to do pretty quickly. It was funny as on the way back to the recovery ward I said I wanted to go the toilet so the young blonde physio came in and was holding my hips while I was trying to pee, I wasn't desperate to go but couldn't go anyway because of her so just turned round and said to her I'll go later. lol The surgeon was happy with the operation, I think he said something like he put staples into the knee or maybe extra to make it stronger as I was a little bigger than normal. I'll keep positive for a good outcome, I crashed my motorbike and landed on the other one 14 years ago and it's never been right since so maybe I now have 2 shagged knees. Hopefully they'll have some six million dollar man s
t going on when I'm 70 or 80 They might have sent you home from A&E originally as i dont think they can do much until the swelling has gone down from the initial rare up.
I know that was the case with mine and i had to wait a week for it to subside for them to do the MRI. The equipment used might have changed since i done mine 8 years ago though
I know that was the case with mine and i had to wait a week for it to subside for them to do the MRI. The equipment used might have changed since i done mine 8 years ago though
Leg brace now at 30 degrees and the surgeon seems happy enough.
I've tested it through serendipity! was coming down the stairs using one crutch for my right leg and the bannister on my left. I wasn't paying enough attention and put the crutch too close to the front of the step and it slipped causing me to put all my weight on the injured leg. It was agony but 30 minutes later and 4 DHCs I was fine.
Have to self-inject Fragmin for 6 weeks for the blood clot, really think about that junior doctor a lot and not just because she was hot
I've tested it through serendipity! was coming down the stairs using one crutch for my right leg and the bannister on my left. I wasn't paying enough attention and put the crutch too close to the front of the step and it slipped causing me to put all my weight on the injured leg. It was agony but 30 minutes later and 4 DHCs I was fine.
Have to self-inject Fragmin for 6 weeks for the blood clot, really think about that junior doctor a lot and not just because she was hot
Just an update, thanks to WinstonWolf for his post on the 'loose stomach' thread!
Operation was a complete success, undergoing a weekly appointment with the physioterrorists but obviously doing my own stuff.
I used to squat rock bottom for 5 with 140Kg, those days are gone now. I crashed my Duke 15 years ago and and landed heavily on my left leg so I now have two busted knees.
There's some fluid around the knee, should I lance it or maybe it's there for a reason?
Operation was a complete success, undergoing a weekly appointment with the physioterrorists but obviously doing my own stuff.
I used to squat rock bottom for 5 with 140Kg, those days are gone now. I crashed my Duke 15 years ago and and landed heavily on my left leg so I now have two busted knees.
There's some fluid around the knee, should I lance it or maybe it's there for a reason?
Edited by Hilts on Thursday 1st December 23:42
JESUS TAPDANCING CHRIST DON'T TRY TO LANCE IT.
If it needs 'lancing' (and I'd bet good money it's swelling not fluid, seems like it always is) then that needs to happen with a sterile blade under medical supervision only. If it is fluid, it'll probably be fluid in tissue rather than an abscess or other straightforward collection of drainable liquid. If you had an abscess that size you'd be really poorly normally.
However, if that's new, and wasn't there when you were discharged, then it definitely does need seeing by a medic again, whatever it is.
(Not a doctor, just a layman with really terrible genetic luck and a consequent higher-than-usual level of experience with dodgy joints.)
If it needs 'lancing' (and I'd bet good money it's swelling not fluid, seems like it always is) then that needs to happen with a sterile blade under medical supervision only. If it is fluid, it'll probably be fluid in tissue rather than an abscess or other straightforward collection of drainable liquid. If you had an abscess that size you'd be really poorly normally.
However, if that's new, and wasn't there when you were discharged, then it definitely does need seeing by a medic again, whatever it is.
(Not a doctor, just a layman with really terrible genetic luck and a consequent higher-than-usual level of experience with dodgy joints.)
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