More Health Issues!!

10/21/2021

 It seems Life is taking another tole!  I

did great getting the plants put away for

the winter months and other than a slight

pull in the back all went well.  Then the 

storms hit!!  

I deal with leg cramps when I over do it 

when it comes to cleanup of the yard!

Three weeks ago I had cramps so bad

when I got out of bed to take Sable out

I dropped to the floor.   This is the second

time this has happened, the last time it

took my back out and we found out other

issues with the hands.  Hence the first hand

surgery and a second one was to be done

this fall after the plants were put away.

Well my appt. was canceled this past week

and I won't get to see the specialist until

the end of Dec.  Again it was canceled and 

now it's set for the 11th of Jan.

Back to the leg cramps, which if you 

don't get them you are really missing 

out on the painful moments.  They 

will wake you out of a deep sleep 

to the point you have to stand and 

walk to see if you can get it to stop 

hurting. Being an x runner I can tell 

you the night cramps are worse than 

a running cramp.   All the muscle 

relaxers and bio freeze will help 

slowly but it's really painful.   Hence 

the limp and moving slow for a 

few days afterwards.  

But this time it was totally different!!   

The swelling and pain just wouldn't

stop.  Then there was this lump in 

the back of the knee!!  I made an appt.

with my doctor as I couldn't wait until 

Dec. for my yearly checkup.   She knows 

me well and for me to come in, it must

really hurt.   So off to xray, then to 

ultrasound at the other clinic.  Xray 

showed water on the knee, so I know 

the doc said this is one issue that will

have to be drained.

But she was concerned that I might 

have a blood clot or what she stated 

was a 'Baker's Cyst.'    Now I know 

those show up in folks under 50 but 

we all know I haven't seen 50 in

sometime!   But again I'm extremely 

active and just don't sit down much.

I get home from the ultra sound and 

find a message to make an appointment 

with the specialist as soon as I can.  

Which one??    The tech stated that no 

blood clot was found and she kept 

apologizing when she knew it was painful.  

I get home to another message, no blood

clot but yes, a 'Baker's cyst' was found.    

Now I know why the knee wasn't bending 

right and causing me to fall down on the

 back side and no balance.  One good issue 

out of this it was forcing my upper body 

strength to kick in when I have to pull 

myself upward!!

So life is going to be a little slower as 

I don't want to put the brace back on 

or use the crutches,  they will totally 

take the back out again.   

Time to see an orthopedic specialist!! 

Life is just so much fun!!!  

Thank goodness the gardens are

'closed!!'  Yes, again with this

last storm the yard is a total mess

and I have never seen so much 

pine needles ever and more 

leaves than ever!!   We have 

taken 20 bags of pine and leaves

mixed off the yard with 7 bags of

just pine needles from just the north

and east side.  The south and west 

sides will have to wait.

Saw the orthopedic specialist

and now awaiting for the MRI 

appointment.  Just taking it slow 

and resting.  Will only do the 

cleanup if  I can and weather 

permits.  Thank you Toro!! 

11/24/2021

MRI was done today, now we

wait for the doctor's comments.

Got the MRI report, now we wait 

for the doctor to get ahold of me

not good news at all!!

12/6/2021

Appt. with the doctor.  Went in on

crutches and still in pain.   I was 

fitted with a brace and now we 

await for the referral to see a 

specialist as to have surgery.

I was told in the future I will end

up needing a knee replacement.

The MRI report states a complex 

medial meniscal tear with a radial 

component noted adjacent to the

posterior meniscal root.  There is

medial meniscal extrusion.  Moderate

Chondromalacia within the medial and

patellofemoral compartments is seen.

This is consistent with osteoarthritis.

Moderate volume suprapatellar joint

effusion and a small popliteal cyst is

noted.

(There is more to the story but it will

come out later.)

 

12/20/2021

Got in to see the knee specialist 

on Monday early!  We now have

a game plan on what needs to be 

done.   I will be going to sports

med to have a popliteal cyst 

aspiration/intraaticular steriod 

injection but that appointment 

isn't until the 19th of Jan.  I had

them put me on the wait list if there

is an early cancelation.

If the pain still is a problem than 

arthroscopic intervention will be 

the next step.

Thank goodness I have good knee

range!!

1/10/2022

Here are the knee braces I have used for the past

3 months and still a lot of pain.

The above was recommended to me

and when they arrived I was able to

get some relief!   I was able to get

the yard cleaned up with these on!

Still limping!!