*crash* Argggh = time off work

[Lady Legira]

On Tuesday I was finishing up my day cleaning the salad bar turned to throw the cloth I was using into the bucket when my knee gave way cue Arrrrgh *splat* as I hit the deck in agony. L my co-worker rang for a first aider who got me on a chair and basically checked if I could get a lift home and that was about it.

My Mum picked me up and took me straight to A&E who said that time "You'll be fine, take these and try to go about as normal and rest it." Well the next day I end up going back to A&E because I can't put any weight on it at all and this time I end up with a splint and crutches plus an appointment for the fracture clinic. They reckon I may have torn my cartilage.

[cinema guy]

Your first aider is an ass. I hope it feels better soon.

[Green_Fairy]

oh noes! knee injury's are the pits...so...surgery?

[Lady Legira]

Ironically enough I had been at the hospital about 7 hours before my knee went to discuss future surgery on that knee.

[Retail Associate]

Pretty much the same thing happened to me. I twisted just right and my knee went POP! That was on July 4th...7 weeks later I had to have knee surgery because I had torn the meniscus (cartilage). It was so bad that they removed 60% of it during surgery. I was off work for 3 months.

The surgery was a piece of cake...recovery, however, was/is very slow. After my work week I can barely stand to put weight on the knee. The surgeon says it will never be 'as good as it once was' but I am old and didn't really expect that anyway.

Good luck to you!

[Lady Legira]

Update

Saw the doctor yesterday and they decided though my knee shows signs of the episodes it's best that I wait for the surgery that is planned is the best thing and It'll let the let the swelling go down. The surgery should be within the next month and a half . In the meantime I've been fast tracked for phisyo on the knee to help me get moving and back to work. While I wait I'm to gently get it moving as best I can, I'm down to one crutch round the house and two outside (snow! ) but I'm trying to do small steps without it.

Off until the just after the New Year so far but I'll see how I'm moving by then.

[Plaidman]

Gah. My right leg just hurts all the time now. I'm on percocet for it, and it helps. Doctors told me its my hip, and used a radio with wires to explain why it hurts my leg and back. I don't care. Get it cured. I'm sick oif this pain so damn much now.

[Erin]

I just finished doing PT for hurting a disc in my neck...then about two days ago, my mother RAN ME DOWN with her scooter that she uses to get around the neighborhood. (she's had 2 knee surgeries and has back problems, among a few other problems)

She ran me down on purpose, at least I think so....she was yelling at me at the time.

Now my neck is killing me, and I'm not looking forward to telling the PT people how I re-injured myself/aggravated the original injury.

[XCashier]

CSers have not had the best of luck lately! to everyone who's sustained an injury this season.