knee update

[juldea]

I'm broken!

I have a cane. I got x-rays, and there's no bone damage. However I need to get an MRI now to confirm or deny the idea of a torn meniscus. I also have anti-inflammatories and a prescription for physical therapy.

Yay, insurance.

And dude, a cane.

However, this is all very sucky when it gets around to walking up two flights of stairs to get home, and THREE flights if I want to do laundry. Anyone wanna come be my maid for the weekend? (londo gets first dibs)

Comments

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was a bit vauge. I didn't want to assume your doctor/aide didn't give you some guidelines. I was thinking of the stairs at your place: you may already have discovered this but leading with your good leg to the next step, then the cane, and then bringing up your bad leg minimizes the weight on the bad leg. And leading with your good leg instead of the cane lowers the temptation/mistake of following the cane with your bad leg.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Aha. No, I wasn't given guidelines... I just kinda went around. Thanks for the tip.. I'm not sure how I've been doing it, really.