Spent majority of day in ER

Honestly Sandra I like so much of his work but  I am really fond of his photographs of Yosemite's and half dome.  I have been there many times and his photographs really captures the majesty  and grandeur of the place.

 

As a side note I got ready for my long drive to my PM in Illinois and first thing this morning when I was walking into my kitchen, it felt like something caught in the inside of my knee, and my foot could not move forward, I caught my self before falling face forward to the floor, but spilled my coffee in my cup all over the place.  My knee really hurt bad and made it hard to walk on, Anyway I  made it over to my sisters as she is dog sitting Pumpkin my dog, and against my sisters advice I got back in my car, and  headed north. to Illinois. It is really allot colder up here than down in Kentucky,  got my room and have my PM appointment first thing in the morning then coming home. I noticed today and tonight my knee and foot felt really tight. Well to night when getting ready for bed, I noticed that my calf and leg and foot are more than twice their normal size and my knee is absolutely huge.   I will have my PM look at it tomorrow before making my trip back. After what happened this morning I decided to bring my crutches with me just in case. I am glad I did! Now I don't have to put weight on it anyway.  It is getting late but hard to sleep with a throbbing knee, I swear it is always, and I mean always something!

 

White Beard

Well I made it back home today, I asked my PM about it, but he was reluctant to do anything with it, I honestly think he was a bit flustered, as he had to student doctors following him around today. Every now and then he will have student doctors from the University come down and spend some time in the Spinal Pain Clinic. Anyway he thought it best if I had had my PCP down here take care of it. However him and his staff were over joyed at my packages of Pecan Brittle that I brought them for Christmas, They told me I really looked the part with my white beard and bright red shirt with suspenders. 

I am not sure what to make of this right knee, my whole leg is swollen but not allot of pain, except when I move it just so, I found that going up steps is definitely an no no, as there is something in that knee that is catching, or hanging up. I am definitely going to have to do a follow up on it!

Oh an one more thing least I forget! For those of you that get flu shots, I do hope you have gotten your this year. While at my PM today they had a sign up that today was there last day for walk in flu vaccinations, I had nearly forgot about getting mine, so I rolled up my sleeve and got the needle stick LOL I am personally a firm believer in vaccinations, and I get one every year. Possible this is because of my military back ground, as when I was in the military we had to get them every year, like it or not! And then as a RN it was required that anyone working with patients had to have their flu shot. Anyway, I just thought I would pass along a reminder if you haven't gotten it yet.

White Beard,

 

WB, I'm sure you know the sign's of blood clots right? The diesel flexion pain? Swelling in calf? Have you made sure that's Not what's happening? I was really concerned to read calf and leg swelling now but little pain except stair walking!!

Your going to have to light a fire under these guys or something!! Can you possibly go thru the VA hospital emergency room and get some better testing done? Your aware Lexington has the huge Veterans hospital on Cooper Dr behind the University?

Also my Orthopedic surgeon is in Lexington and they're top ranking in knee and spinal issues!! They are right off I-75. Easy off and on. They use to not require more of a referrel than ER saying you needed to see Ortho.

I worked Ortho/Neuro for many years there and they're the best of the best. There's a lot of others but you know whose who when you work with them. Right?

Please be careful, I know how slow KY Drs can be especially when it's a CPer. They tend to think we're all full of ourselves, hypochondrics, and drug seeking no matter what we've got going on.

I've had an Er Dr tell me there in Danville once when my COPD was giving me fits that he wasn't giving me "no narcotic cough syrup " I'm like what is this guy tripping on? I was there for a nebulizer treatment from respiratory therapy!! That's just how bad they are so you have to be on your toes and advocate for adequate care or they'll do nothing!!

Good luck!! Take care!!

Know all about the marbles in your knees feeling, 5 arthroscopies and numerous meniscus repairs, plica removals and I'm virtually bone against bone which chips of with use, and I can feel them!! Every single little flake!

Samaritan use to be a privately owned hospital and went broke about 10 years ago. The University of KY Medical Center went in saved the hospital and gained another training /teaching hospital.

Samaritan pain management use to be one of the best, don't know much after UK started staffing it.