"Mark Hickey" <
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| "Nelson Binch" <
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| >I've been simultaneously working my butt off on a 3rd shift job and recovering from a serious
| >blow to my left knee. The patella was somehow intact but the pain had me convinced otherwise.
|
| I smacked my own knee (and not all that hard). I KNEW I had done something bad to it because of
| the pain. Turns out I had ruptured the bursis sack (keeps all the bony parts from rubbing
| together). I couldn't walk very well for a couple weeks, was entirely off the bike for a month,
| and couldn't stand or push a big gear for a few weeks after that.
|
| If you are hurting for a long time, and nothing "structural" shows up on X-rays, consider
| the above.
Before sewing up the gaping hole on the top of my knee, they injected the site with a special dye
to determine if it had been ruptured. That, as well as the X-rays came up negative so they told me
I just had a very deep bruise. (I hit the corner of a steel counter jacking wheel frame at speed
while working)
Oddly, the gash (more of a rip) never hurt too much. They used 4 internal, absorbable stitches and 6
external that were cut out at 12 days. The Tetanus shot hurt worse than the visible wound. The joint
stiffened up after a couple days back at work and that was the real pain. The worst was riding home
in my car since I couldn't straighten out my leg. For a while I ate Advil like candy (I never took
the narcs they gave me - I can't stand the feeling they give me)
The worst of the pain is gone now. Almost all the range of motion is back and besides some mild
pain when putting my (considerable) weight on the bent knee, the main thing I can't do is kneel
on concrete.
I guarantee none of this even comes close to what John G went thru.
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