Wild Dingo
8th June 2007, 03:48 PM
Have a question for yous blokes an sheilas
First to clarify... Im already seeing a doc and a specialist for my knee issues but am also seeing my own doc about this problem but hes presently at a loss so have made another appointment with a doc in town to get a second opinion... so Im not just bringing it here and asking Im doing something about it as well... I just wondered if anyone here has a clue?
So a year ago I did my cartlidge in my right knee in... had it operated on and it hasnt come right yet... still a fair amount of pain etc but slowly getting better more movement less pain and so on... the docs reckon with the knee I should be right to return to work in a couple of months all things going as they are.
But over the last 2 weeks Ive noticed some severe pain in my left thigh... like someones hit it with a hammer you know?... and a general weekness in both legs... the other thing is my hips man those buggars pain something shocking whenever I stand up or get up from a sitting position or walk any distance... my lower back takes some seconds to straighten from any sitting and the pains quite increadible.
Now the thing thats really bothering me is the weekness and pain associated with walking... often seems as though my legs want to go one way while I want to go the other and my left leg in particular seems to drag and some times I dont seem to have much control of them at all... Ive fallen twice now due to them not being able to support me... just go to stand and they turn to mush and down I go... Im 5ft 6 an a bit and weigh around 11 stone so not overweight by any large margin
I have no other pain anywhere and no other weekness... just lower back pain on standing (I mean LOW down across the top of the buttocks in line with the hips) and hip and leg weekness and pain (particularily left leg)... the only way I can term the leg thing is like theyve become disorientated and its weird... Some days I can start walking okay and will end up quite hunched over from the hips and wandering instead of continuing to walk straight within 20 or so feet
Other days I will start out hunched and wandering and within 100ft end up straight and walking well... then bam they go again... was lets say interesting yesty when I was walking around the paddock doing my right leg exercises when I ended up flat on my ass... just sat there with my legs under me no strength in them whatever... lasted about 2 minutes then I got up went through the pain of standing and staggered back to the house took the pathetic only pain relief I can take panadol and laid down
Theres no history of MS or other things like that... other than mum having severe upper back issues bought on by a fall about 30 years ago and never made right by surgury and my elder sis having silliosus(sp?) curvature of the spine which is only minor and not severe... but talking to her being the font of all things medical related to family she reckons no ones had anything like this... as far as shes aware anyways.
I know Ive got arthritis in my right knee quite severe but this is all rather strange painfull and bloody worrying! I mean if this is what Ive got to look forward to for the future then buggar this for a joke!
Anyways was just wondering... and I am doing as much as I am able to resolve it but when the docs scratch their noggins an mutter grumble and havent a bloody clue Im a bit stuffed for ideas! And no the missus doesnt whack me legs with a hammer while I sleep... well I dont think so anyways :C
First to clarify... Im already seeing a doc and a specialist for my knee issues but am also seeing my own doc about this problem but hes presently at a loss so have made another appointment with a doc in town to get a second opinion... so Im not just bringing it here and asking Im doing something about it as well... I just wondered if anyone here has a clue?
So a year ago I did my cartlidge in my right knee in... had it operated on and it hasnt come right yet... still a fair amount of pain etc but slowly getting better more movement less pain and so on... the docs reckon with the knee I should be right to return to work in a couple of months all things going as they are.
But over the last 2 weeks Ive noticed some severe pain in my left thigh... like someones hit it with a hammer you know?... and a general weekness in both legs... the other thing is my hips man those buggars pain something shocking whenever I stand up or get up from a sitting position or walk any distance... my lower back takes some seconds to straighten from any sitting and the pains quite increadible.
Now the thing thats really bothering me is the weekness and pain associated with walking... often seems as though my legs want to go one way while I want to go the other and my left leg in particular seems to drag and some times I dont seem to have much control of them at all... Ive fallen twice now due to them not being able to support me... just go to stand and they turn to mush and down I go... Im 5ft 6 an a bit and weigh around 11 stone so not overweight by any large margin
I have no other pain anywhere and no other weekness... just lower back pain on standing (I mean LOW down across the top of the buttocks in line with the hips) and hip and leg weekness and pain (particularily left leg)... the only way I can term the leg thing is like theyve become disorientated and its weird... Some days I can start walking okay and will end up quite hunched over from the hips and wandering instead of continuing to walk straight within 20 or so feet
Other days I will start out hunched and wandering and within 100ft end up straight and walking well... then bam they go again... was lets say interesting yesty when I was walking around the paddock doing my right leg exercises when I ended up flat on my ass... just sat there with my legs under me no strength in them whatever... lasted about 2 minutes then I got up went through the pain of standing and staggered back to the house took the pathetic only pain relief I can take panadol and laid down
Theres no history of MS or other things like that... other than mum having severe upper back issues bought on by a fall about 30 years ago and never made right by surgury and my elder sis having silliosus(sp?) curvature of the spine which is only minor and not severe... but talking to her being the font of all things medical related to family she reckons no ones had anything like this... as far as shes aware anyways.
I know Ive got arthritis in my right knee quite severe but this is all rather strange painfull and bloody worrying! I mean if this is what Ive got to look forward to for the future then buggar this for a joke!
Anyways was just wondering... and I am doing as much as I am able to resolve it but when the docs scratch their noggins an mutter grumble and havent a bloody clue Im a bit stuffed for ideas! And no the missus doesnt whack me legs with a hammer while I sleep... well I dont think so anyways :C