Posted by gardenergirl on January 20, 2007, at 7:47:26
I went to the doctor yesterday because I've been having sort of strange knee pain. About six weeks or so, I tripped going up my back deck stairs and skinned my knee. Since then, whenever I kneel on it "just right" or if it gets bumped or leaned against in the right spot, it about sends me flying to the ceiling. Searing pain. Bah.
The doctor said it was traumatic bursitis. He likened it to something formerly called "Housemaid's knee". Ha! on that one. :) Anywhoo, he said since they were wooden steps I fell on, he didn't think that I had damaged the kneecap itself, just the bursa around it. He said if I had fallen on concrete, he would probably get an X-ray just to be safe, but wooden steps are more forgiving. Standard treatment is a course of anti-inflammatory meds.
So I pick my ibuprofen and head home
...where I proceed to trip going up the front **concrete** steps, landing on my other knee, rolling a bit, and injuring my shoulder.
Sigh.
I'd laugh about it, but it hurts way too bad right now. I'm off to a different doc (saw one at school yesterday and that clinic is not open on weekends). I sure hope docs see a lot of klutzes in their practices, because I feel really stupid.
Oh, and a much funnier (to me) klutzy moment...my husband was helping me while I bandaged my dog's paw (we're all the walking wounded, apparently). I sprayed this stuff called "Bitter Yuck" on the bandage to keep her from licking or chewing it. Now I wasn't paying attention to what direction I was spraying in relationship to anything but the paw. Um, apparently some of the spray was er, pointed at hubby, and he got a "taste" of it. %^O
I felt so bad for him and yet couldn't stop laughing. PIMP laughing. For over 30 minutes. Apparently it's pretty effective stuff.
Sigh
gg
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