been off my legs...

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Registered: 02-05-2005
been off my legs...
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Thu, 02-23-2006 - 5:57pm

hello girls and guys....

been away from here since i sprained my knee. getting an MRI done on Monday. Got tired of staring at the walls of my house so i had to venture out to the library today just to get rid of cabin fever. I am on crutches, can't go to work( im a hotel housekeeper). I would be useless at work you see, can you picture a housekeeper doing 15 rooms on crutches. yikes!!!

My knee hurts mostly when i put pressure on it by standing on foot and walking. and when i have to get up from sitting down and my crutches aren't near. ouch.

I will try to come in next week sometime and give an update. I just cant get over this. at 38 this is my very first time using crutches. Its no fun at all.

hugs n giggles, kisses and tears.

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Registered: 11-01-2005
Thu, 02-23-2006 - 6:30pm

Did you land on the knee that hurts??? Go get that sucker checked out. I landed hard on my knee when I sprained my ankle and then 3 weeks later, my knee started getting bad. I regret not getting it checked sooner. For an ankle, all they tell you is ice and ibuprofen. Which is why I didn't go get checked up after I fell. Big mistake...2 months later, 2 weeks of steroids, 1 week of other meds, an MRI and 4 docs appts...its just NOW getting normal again.

Rubyshoes

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Registered: 09-01-2004
Fri, 02-24-2006 - 1:04pm
I am sorry to hear that you are going through this. I have spent months of my life on crutches at various times and so I understand what you are going through. Chin up - let us know what the results are.
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Registered: 02-05-2005
Sat, 02-25-2006 - 2:04pm
thanks ruby and well...no i actually had an accident last year at another hotel i worked at. I slipped in a bathroom that had water on the floor. When i slipped i caught myself on the sink counter with my arms while my upper body was twisted and my pulled a lower back/sciatica muscle but i had no knee pain at that time at all. I guess i must have twisted my knee then as well because after i left the hotel i began to have periodic right knee pains that would come and go for short periods of time. It has just been recently this last month it has progressively become constant and my knee snapped outside of work(bummer- no comp from present emp.). however, after i get the mri and maybe have another mri done on my lower back for a possible pinched sciatica nerve( my right leg and foot are consistantly numb) i will fight for comp from my old employer since the accident that caused this definitely happened at that hotel. I hope and pray it doesnt come to that. I enjoy my job too much to even want to think i will never be able to work at housekeeping in a hotel ever again. I am saying my prayers. Thanks for asking and caring.