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I got hydrocodone for Christmas, what'd you get?

Jeff7181

Jeff7181

Lifer
I blew out my knee yesterday during my lunch break. (yeah, I had to work Christmas Eve, ended up only working half a day) I'm not exactly sure how it happened... I just put my left foot down as I was stepping into my car with my right leg and my left knee gave out, twisted and popped (more like a crackle/crunch). The next thing I knew I was laying on the ground and had to grab a handful of my pant leg to lift my leg up off the ground and let the lower half of my leg twist back around to the way it's supposed to be.

Long story short, it swelled up, I went to the ER, they immediately drained 100cc (a syringe about 1 inch in diameter and 6 inches long) of blood from it. I had x-rays to make sure there wasn't any damage to the bone and there wasn't. The diagnosis is a torn meniscus which is supposed to heal by itself without surgery. He said there's also a possibility of another torn ligament, I can't remember the name of it, but that one would require surgery... similar to an ACL tear.

So I have a knee immobilizer, crutches and some hydrocodone. I have to see an orthopedic surgeon to get a better idea of what it's going to take to heal. I'm sure I'll be going to physical therapy too when it's healed enough

So, yeah... Merry Christmas?

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With an open script for hydrocodone I'd be merry as hell and loving it. Sorry about the knee, but look at it from the bright side.
 
Originally posted by: rudeguy
🙁 That really sucks.


But really...how do you fail that badly at getting out of your car?
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It was getting in... but my best guess is my foot was at an awkward angle and when I twisted slightly to get in, the knee just gave out.

And the hydrocodone is ok... not strong enough though. Tomorrow I might see if they can give me something stronger. The generic pills I picked up are 7.5mg hydrocodone and 200mg ibuprofin.
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
I blew out my knee yeste?rday durin?g my lunch? break?.? (?yeah,? I had to work Chris?tmas Eve, ended? up only worki?ng half a day) I'm not exact?ly sure how it happe?ned.?.?.? I just put my left foot down as I was stepp?ing into my car with my right? leg and my left knee gave out, twist?ed and poppe?d (?more like a crack?le/?crunc?h)?.? The next thing? I knew I was layin?g on the groun?d and had to grab a handf?ul of my pant leg to lift my leg up off the groun?d and let the lower? half of my leg twist? back aroun?d to the way it's suppo?sed to be.

Long story? short?,? it swell?ed up, I went to the ER, they immed?iatel?y drain?ed 100cc? (a syrin?ge about? 1 inch in diame?ter and 6 inche?s long)? of blood? from it. I had x-?rays to make sure there? wasn'?t any damag?e to the bone and there? wasn'?t.? The diagn?osis is a torn menis?cus which? is suppo?sed to heal by itsel?f witho?ut surge?ry.? He said there?'?s also a possi?bilit?y of anoth?er torn ligam?ent,? I can'?t remem?ber the name of it, but that one would? requi?re surge?ry.?.?.? simil?ar to an ACL tear.?

So I have a knee immob?ilize?r,? crutc?hes and some hydro?codon?e.? I have to see an ortho?pedic? surge?on to get a bette?r idea of what it's going? to take to heal.? I'm sure I'll be going? to physi?cal thera?py too when it's heale?d enoug?h

So, yeah... Merry Christmas?
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:Q

Sorry to hear that! 🙁

Good Luck & Merry Christmas Jeff7181! :beer::gift:
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Originally posted by: rudeguy
🙁 That really sucks.


But really...how do you fail that badly at getting out of your car?
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It was getting in... but my best guess is my foot was at an awkward angle and when I twisted slightly to get in, the knee just gave out.
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I feel your pain. I had pretty much your same injuries when I was playing HS football. I was a lineman and had the whole pile crunch me while my leg was bent behind me in a weird position. My knee still hurts sometimes, but they taught me some great exercises ini physical therapy that I use when it acts up.

 
Sorry about your luck and all. But seriously, only an ATOTer could severely fuck up their knee getting into their car 😕
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
I'm sorry to hear about that, but do you somehow type with your knees?
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Yes, I typed that whole post with my knees. Why do you ask?
😕
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Forgive me-- This is how your post rendered itself in Opera for me. 😵
 
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
I'm sorry to hear about that, but do you somehow type with your knees?
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Yes, I typed that whole post with my knees. Why do you ask?
😕
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Forgive me-- This is how your post rendered itself in Opera for me. 😵
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Oh... wow... that's pretty odd. I did copy and paste cause Chrome locked up when I tried to post the first time, I wonder if that had anything to do with it.
 
Thanks for the kind words thus far, all. Despite the knee injury, this was one of my most enjoyable Christmases lately. This year I was able to get my parents something nice that they'll enjoy but wouldn't have bought for themselves. Got my mother an 8 GB iPod Nano in purple and my father a Canon A590IS.
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
I'm sorry to hear about that, but do you somehow type with your knees?
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Yes, I typed that whole post with my knees. Why do you ask?
😕
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Forgive me-- This is how your post rendered itself in Opera for me. 😵
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Oh... wow... that's pretty odd. I did copy and paste cause Chrome locked up when I tried to post the first time, I wonder if that had anything to do with it.
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using opera 10 here

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/8789/81966659ow0.jpg

weird!
 
Originally posted by: dsity
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
I'm sorry to hear about that, but do you somehow type with your knees?
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Yes, I typed that whole post with my knees. Why do you ask?
😕
Click to expand...

Forgive me-- This is how your post rendered itself in Opera for me. 😵
Click to expand...

Oh... wow... that's pretty odd. I did copy and paste cause Chrome locked up when I tried to post the first time, I wonder if that had anything to do with it.
Click to expand...

using opera 10 here

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/8789/81966659ow0.jpg

weird!
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I edited it... hopefully that'll correct any rendering weirdness... although it looked fine in Opera for me.
 
Sometimes I wish I could take hydrocodone...I have 3-4 bottles of the stuff in my "drug box" left over from my knee surgery.

I'm one of the .5% of the people who are seriously allergic to the stuff...codeine and hydrocodone.

Oddly enough, I can take oxycodone (percodan) and oxycontin (also oxycontin) with no real problems. (I also have a couple of bottles of those left over too)


As for your knee injury, odds are, the x-ray didn't really show much...they usually don't, except to confirm damage to "hard tissue" like bones.

You'll need an MRI and/or CT scan to really know what's happened inside the knee.

I blew mine out in 03 by taking a bad step and hyper-extending the knee...severely. Tore (and basically demolished) the ACL and ripped the medial meniscus to shreds. I don't have much cartiledge in the center of my knee left...the rest of the cartiledge is in decent shape though, so the ortho doesn't want to do a replacement...yet.

Here's a couple of decent knee links for your perusal:

http://www.stoneclinic.com/knee

http://www.arthroscopy.com/sp05000.htm

 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
Sometimes I wish I could take hydrocodone...I have 3-4 bottles of the stuff in my "drug box" left over from my knee surgery.

I'm one of the .5% of the people who are seriously allergic to the stuff...codeine and hydrocodone.

Oddly enough, I can take oxycodone (percodan) and oxycontin (also oxycontin) with no real problems. (I also have a couple of bottles of those left over too)


As for your knee injury, odds are, the x-ray didn't really show much...they usually don't, except to confirm damage to "hard tissue" like bones.

You'll need an MRI and/or CT scan to really know what's happened inside the knee.

I blew mine out in 03 by taking a bad step and hyper-extending the knee...severely. Tore (and basically demolished) the ACL and ripped the medial meniscus to shreds. I don't have much cartiledge in the center of my knee left...the rest of the cartiledge is in decent shape though, so the ortho doesn't want to do a replacement...yet.

Here's a couple of decent knee links for your perusal:

http://www.stoneclinic.com/knee

http://www.arthroscopy.com/sp05000.htm
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Thanks for the links, very interesting. I'm trying to remember what the ER doctor told me about what he thought it might be. The diagnosis on my papers say torn meniscus... but there was something else he was telling me about as he was examining my knee and moving it around so I didn't really commit what he said to memory. One of the possibilities he said would heal on its own over time, the other would require surgery. From what I've been reading, a torn meniscus often results in surgery. :frown:
 
My understanding is that the meniscus won't ever actually heal on its own, BUT, depending on the severity of the damage, it may not need surgery.

IMO, if it's not already been done, make an appointment with your family doctor and get an MRI done, IF the knee doesn't get better within 1-2 weeks...(you should still see your doctor for a follow-up soon)
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
My understanding is that the meniscus won't ever actually heal on its own, BUT, depending on the severity of the damage, it may not need surgery.

IMO, if it's not already been done, make an appointment with your family doctor and get an MRI done, IF the knee doesn't get better within 1-2 weeks...(you should still see your doctor for a follow-up soon)
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Don't have a family doctor, but I have a referral for an orthopedic surgeon that I'm going to call tomorrow.
 
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