Smart Ass Fox

Yes, I know I’ve fallen on my duties, if that’s what you can call them. It’s been almost a year since I initially began this particular discussion on repair. I finally did hear the results to my blood tests. It supposedly isn’t RA. Though that is a relief, it is not a relief of my pain. The next step is to just give up. The alternative is to go back to my general practitioner and see what she wants to do. One option that was stated before was physical therapy. That sounds like more pain to me.

Things have subsided enough that I just don’t care at the moment to further the investigation of my pain. And thus, I think that I am finished with this topic.

Happy New Year and all that jazz.

So, I finally got my results back for my MRI. They were negative, meaning everything is intact and not damaged. However, there is some fluid on the knee which is causing my problems. The big thing I wonder though, is why is the fluid there and what caused it to begin with?

Well, I’m following up with an orthopeadist to see what they can do to treat me. Probably just injections, but that’s a start.

It may not be what you expect that is in need of repair. Or maybe it is.

Since 1998, I have had multiple doctors allude to the fact that I probably have arthritis in my knees. However, they never actually made a legitimate diagnosis or statement saying that I actually had it. I have had bursitis in both of my knees, a “side effect” of arthritis, for most of the time. Also in 2004 I was diagnosed with a Baker’s cyst in the back of the left knee, a “side effect” of bursitis. It is treatable by various methods, but not necessarily able to be relieved of this forever. I have treated these problems with OTC medicine like Aleve and glucosamine on a daily basis as well as wearing a knee brace as needed. The impact of this self-treatment has proven generally well. This past week though, I experienced a new problem with my right knee in the realm of extreme pain for no reason what-so-ever that does not correlate to walking or climbing stairs or anything for that matter.

I went to an urgent care facility and was finally told that I do have arthritis in my knees. No mention of which type, rheumatoid or osteo. Not that it really matters at this point. I had an x-ray that showed my bones were fine. I was given a knee imobilizer, crutches, a pain killer and an anti-inflamatory and told to follow up with my doctor later for a more specific diagnosis and possibly an MRI.

The pain has gotten better, until this evening when it returned. Back to the pain killers! I must say that I am just over these problems. I am only 28 and have the knees of an 80-year old who played sports for too long. We’ll see what comes down the pipe whenever I get to follow up with my doctor. Hopefully when it’s all over, I’ll not have something to hold me down.