I have a nifty brace I will put on it when I'm going to be on my feet. I don't do the cortisone injections. I have a long history with cortisone and at this point, it's something for me to avoid. I know some people do get relief for a while from them. They're cortisone and novocaine, actually. I'm allergic to novocaine.
Nobody promised me a sensation-free life, and my knee is nothing compared to oh, say that kidney stone I had last year, so I'm doing ok.
I have a knee brace too, but the danged thing is neoprene(?) or some such and is very hot at the best of times, when the weather turns warmer it's just about unbearable.
I put it (injections) off as long as I could stand it, but when I started getting fewer than 4 hours continuous sleep each night I just had to have some relief. And as you point out, it was just temporary.
Oooohhhh, much sympathy. DH passed four at various times, so I have some idea of what you went through.
Beverly
No, I won't. But hey, muscles are better than nothing, right? My mom had no joint problems, she was underweight, but very sedentary. She didn't believe in "pushing" her body, thought I was crazy for running (which, in hindsight, was partly right since that's how I hurt my knee) and thought my sister wasted time walking every day.
I'm the farthest thing from an exercise nut...would just like to keep some strength in my arms and legs in case I ever need it. :)
Doreen in Alabama
Apparently men do not handle them well. During the long night while waiting for the sun to come up, and then waiting for the doctor's office to open, I wondered if it isn't similar to labor. My kids were sections, so I never had that experience.
My step-daughter coaches labor with hypnotism, which she says makes it pain free -- I could have used her on that long night with my little rock.
Yes, as a young person, I danced, and it's amazing how long those muscles have lasted me, even though I haven't stood at a barre in a long, long time. My DH points out that body type have a lot to do with these things, too. He speaks from envy - he exercises like crazy and his muscles get longer and thinner. I do little, and "bulk up" rapidly. My muscles have so much more "definition" than his do.
Ouch! I hope it improves soon. Please keep an eye on it and if it doesn't sort it self out get to the quack with it. DH (in his 40s) ended up with a very nasty case of infected bursitis (housemaids knee) a couple of years ago after a session of working on repairing our wooden stairs. He needed an intense course of antibiotics and anti-inflammatories to get it to finally clear up.
Lizzy
Oh, yuck! It's not bad enough that a person has a painful joint, but then they add insult to injury by giving it a name like "housemaid's knee" or "tennis elbow." ;-)
Are there any sewing related ones, I wonder?
Lizzy
I doubt it's anything like labor. Labor hurts, definitely, but it's pain for a purpose and if it gets too awful you can ask for and receive complete relief. Just knowing that you can make it stop if you need to is a huge psychological benefit. And you get this wonderful prize at the end.
Passing a kidney stone is a disease process... Something our bodies weren't designed to cope with. And adding to the overall stress is the fear that there might be long term consequences and that it could happen again. It would seem humane to me to offer epidural anesthesia to patients passing a kidney stone. I wonder if there's a reason why not (it doesn't work for that kind of pain) or if it's just an archaic protocol that is well overdue to be updated.
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thread finger?
i had my knee swell up to 4 times normal (it looked like my kneecap had shifted) but there was no pain... um, ok, i have a rediculously high pain threshhold, but it didn't hurt me at all. i have a bad habit of crawling around on my knees to clean (ancient wood floor with gaps that collect all kinds of stuff). i crawl around with the skinny nozzle on the vac getting each space clean & i have to scrub the grout between the ceramic tiles in the kitchen... i didn't know the bursa could get infected though, or i would have seen a doctor about it. lee
Wow, I didn't need anything that extreme! I did take some aspirin while waiting for the sun to rise, and once I saw the doc, I had lovely prescriptions for Empirin with codeine and phenergan suppositories for the nausea. I still have almost all of both prescriptions. Nobody told me that kidney stones made you hurl. I hate that. Almost worse than the pain from the stone.
Tailor's seat. There is also Trigger Finger, but not all sewers are inclined to be afflicted. All depends on what is in your sewing basket, I guess. ;-)
Dr. Nelson has another book called Strong Women, Strong Bones, which advocates lifting hand weights for strengthening bones. Good for people with osteoporosis and osteopenia (also maybe preventing it too!) Karen O
It's been a lot longer since I gave up going to the Nautilus place than I spent working out, but I'm still feeling the benefits.
Perhaps saying that is cheating a bit: before taking up weight training, I couldn't lift my left arm above my shoulder, and it's probably because I use it that it still moves as easily as the other.
Joy Beeson
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