Knee MRI

So Saturday I have to get a MRI of my knee. Before my mom passed while I was taking care of her I injured my knee. She was still walking with a walker at the time but very unsteady and she lost her balance. My brother was also there but she fell more towards me. Now I couldn't keep her from falling but I could catch her enough to prevent her from herself. Unfortunately when that happened I injured my knee. I didn't realize it until later. A few hours later it started to hurt and by the next day my foot and ankle was swollen and then my entire leg swelled up. I finally saw a dr and he said I either sprained or tore my acl. He put me in a brace and that was it for the time because I had to be home to take care of my mom. At that time she was bedridden.

My knee is still hurting and I don't go back to the dr until next week and I need to get back to work. So I called to see about at least getting the MRI done so I can find out if it's torn or not. It's iniy sprained I can go back to work but it's torn and I need surgery I can't go back to work until it's taken care of. So I go this Saturday for the MRI.

Thank you

I tore the medial meniscus in my knee in exactly this way but I was at work and the patient was not my Mom!! I went on to have eventually 4 arthroscopic surgeries and eventually a knee replacement. Be very adamant about fixing the issues and not taking the "wait and see" approach. The more you strain and use the injured knee the more strain and overuse occurs in the hip or other knee. These joints are catching the slack. Good luck!

Please do let us know how things work out with your MRI.

I'd like to enthusiastically ^^echo^^ what Vickie wrote. As someone with two artificial hip joints, I can also attest to how when we're hobbling around and shifting our weight to avoid weight bearing, the adjacent joints end up doing work they were not designed to. It's a big price to pay.

I'm glad that you're staying on top of things!







M.

Well I just got the MRI done now just to wait for the results. They did give me a disc of the MRI but looking at it really doesn't tell me anything so I have to wait til I hear from the doctors office.