09-10-2018, 01:46 PM
(09-05-2018, 08:52 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: Blockhead..thanks and ... no idea. The knees were fine the day of the fall, the following day and the day after that. The morning after that I woke up in excruciating pain and couldn't walk, couldn't stand, couldn't bend my knees. We went to ER, wife pushed me in in a wheel chair . They x-rayed both knees and declared nothing wrong, gave me a script for pain, and then helped lift me back in the car for the ride home. Got an emergency appt with the family ortho knee guy a two days later. Again wife pushed me in in a wheel chair. He said sometimes the body reacts to trauma with a " gout like" response ie: extreme pain and not like to be bent or touched. He drained fluid off the left knee, gave me cortisone shots in both knees and a script for gout. The left knee (which was actually the worst) is now doing pretty good, but the right is lagging behind a bit, but seems to be getting better every day. I was having to sorta turn my right foot to the right and drag it across the floor to step forward, now it is bending a bit and my right step is closer to normal... just not there yet.
Have appt with ortho elbow guy Friday for more xrays.
Crazy how badly you can be hurt just falling over at a stop.
Ferret, about 9 years ago I had been on a dresser Harley ex cop bike. We had rode 600 miles that day. Went to a meeting after the ride. So we were pretty tired. I was with 2 other Harley’s. Both of them riding 2 up. As we took off to go to our room. My one friend took off, I started out slowly, At the same time my other “ friend “ launched directly in my path, I tapped the front brake , the front wheel was in the gutter heading to the street.... and bam down I went in slow motion but quickly at the same time. My left foot/heel was caught on the saddle bag ... I broke my ankle ouch! Circular fracture and fractured tibia! 10 weeks out of work. At least no metal or surgery needed. It still clicks and bugs me. So I totally understand the slow moving tip over! It sucks, get well soon.
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