broken knee

[juldea]

I broke myself :(

My knee is all fux0red. I dunno what I did... I was just walkin' around work (in my new shoes, which have a heel taller than I'm used to by about half an inch) and something in my left knee did a kinda combination pop-twang and I thought, "Ow, that kinda hurt... but it doesn't hinder my walking really... ah well," and continued walking around. Later I lay down for a while, like 2 hours, and when I got up it was STIFF and HURT. So when I got home I put ice on it, and noticed that there's a small bit of my knee that's swollen... like a shallow but wide spot on the knee just lower and outside of my kneecap.

I put ice on it again when I woke up in the middle of the night...

...and now I'm getting ready for work. Bleagh. I assume that I'll walk in limping and my boss will say, "Yes, it's fine if you go to Urgent Care immediately."

Comments

[ratbastrd.livejournal.com]

Ouchie. Sorry, my knees generally are in bad shape, so I sympathize.

I can probably provide crash space on my futon for the two of you, if you still need it.

[brewergnome.livejournal.com]

Aww, suck! Knee injury suxXx0r

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Yup, no one else has offered yet... I'll keep you updated! :) Thanks.

[jicklet.livejournal.com]

ouch! I hope you get that checked out soon, or at least wrapped up!

[descant.livejournal.com]

Eep. Hope that it's nothing too serious!

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Hopefully rest and maybe some exercise will take care of it. Sounds like something I did to myself a while back--mine became sore in the same area you describe and I had a very hard time walking on it. The best my doctor at the time could guess was that a piece of cartilage shifted around. Eventually it cleared itself up, but not without a couple of flare ups over the next several months.

(I am not a doctor but I have a white lab coat and can use power tools. Why won't they let me try outpatient surgery?)

[crolack.livejournal.com]

Urgent Care will probably just tell you to ice it down and give you some anti-inflamatories.

[crazybone.livejournal.com]

Gah. Hope it's nothing serious.