Well, this is an odd time to be asking for vibes...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

But since I'm having trouble sleeping anyway...

I've got something really bad going on in my left knee tonight...

Sharp, stabbing pain on straightening it. Walking is possible, but difficult.

I'm going to call my orthopod in the later AM (since it's 3:22 a.m. now) and see if he can see me...

If he can't, then I'll be off to the local doc-in-a-box for more general care...

I have no idea what happened ...

But if you can spare this me a good thought or two, I'd sure appreciate it.

Thanks.

[Callalily]

1. So sorry to hear about your

knee. I know how painful that can be.

Hopefully the doc can figure out what's wrong, and that it's an easy fix.

[PJPhreak]

2. All the knee vibes one can muster,

At 5:28 am!!

Its my right knee that gives me shit from time to time,makes bicycle riding a P.I.T.A.!

[Crystal Clarity]

3. Good vibes heading your way.

I hope it's temporary and nothing serious. Sounds very unpleasant. Other than seeing the doctor I hope you take the time to baby yourself if you can. As my mother always used to say when we were sick, "just rest". I hated that as a kid but it sounds beautiful to my ears now. Permission to 'just rest'.

So even if you can't actually sleep, take it easy. Do the things you absolutely have to, but household duties and other things can wait.

I hope the insomnia and knee pain pass away quickly, but in the meantime, just rest. :hug:

[Raven]

4. At our age, Peg, joints are not our friends. I give mine a pep talk

every morning and they usually scream back at me. Feel better!

[WCGreen]

5. I hate when this kind of stuff happens....

My elbow popped a few weeks ago and it still gived me problems...

Good luck...

[Joe Fields]

6. Good luck, Peggy. It's hell getting old, but...I hate the alternative.

:)

[MiddleFingerMom]

7. Soothing, warming healing vibes headed your way...

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[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. vibes, Peggy -- hope it is nothing serious. Maybe heat (or ice) and keep it elevated.

Aleve is wonderful stuff (just saying, Mods ;))

[av8rdave]

9. Vibes sent!

What a way to start the new year. I hope it's a quick, simple fix!

[kayakjohnny]

10. Yes, I can't always spare a good vibe for you, Peggy.

Hope this gets resolved quickly.

Thank goodness it's not one of your good typing fingers.

All the best, Peggy.

:pals:

[hamsterjill]

11. You've probably already been to the doc, but good vibes being sent anyway!

Hope they found something easily fixed, and recovery is quick and complete.

Take care of yourself!

[Call Me Wesley]

12. Good vibes coming.

:hug:

[GalleryGod]

13. Good Vibes, My Dear Friend, Peggy!

Here's hoping it's minor!
:hug:

[Parche]

14. My dear CaliforniaPeggy

big vibes for you :hug::hug::hug::hug:



"There is no limit to the extension of the curious mind. It reaches to the end of the imagination, then beyond into the mysteries of dreams, hoping always to convert even the dreams into reality, for the greater well-being of all mankind…"

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Thanks, everybody...

I just got up...

If I move like a turtle, I can hobble around! Yay!

I gotta eat and then call the doc...

See all of you later, and THANK YOU!

:grouphug:

[jotsy]

16. Try to rest easy when you get back from the Doc's Miss Peg.

Sounds like you've had a nasty night, grab yourself a nap. Tuck a pillow under it so it as suspended as can be. Take in a movie or a good read.

So sorry the knee wigged on you, complex mechanisms they are. Hope this is an easy fix and temporary glitch of minor magnitude.

:hug:

[nolabear]

17. You're compensating for the sudden right wing we all have to put up with.

And I thank you for giving up the body that way.

[siligut]

18. Consider trying Arnica

Good vibes, of course. I have a knee problem on occasion, I just use Arnica Gel and literally poof, all better. Inflammation, as you know, is where the pain comes from. http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/arnica-000222.htm :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. **Major Update**

Oh, the best kind of news!

Nothing broken.

Nothing slipped or torn.

It was just a fucking bony spur!

I have those all over ...

So, they took x-rays, and I saw the damned thing. Just a little dagger on the top of my patella/kneecap.

And the solution?

An injection into the space of a steroid.

The pain is gone, and I can walk nearly normally!

Lounge vibes work.....Thank all of you once again...

:grouphug:

[LucySky]

20. Yay!

I am so glad that you are feeling better, California Peggy!

:hug:

[guitar man]

21. yay!!

good to hear :bounce:

I had one of those in my shoulder last year and it hurt like hell, no fun at all :(

[Crystal Clarity]

22. Yay! I'm so glad you that you are feeling better!

But I still hope you will be good to that poor knee for awhile.


...Oh, and one more thing. We here in the lounge can take it, but you might want to keep the expletives down a bit in other places. It's scaring the children! :P... :rofl:

-lol and get well soon! :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

23. My dear Crystal Clarity!

Thanks, sweetie...

I am being very careful...

What do you mean....expletives? There aren't any fucking expletives here!!

:P

:hug:

[Crystal Clarity]

24. Bwhaaaaaaa!!!

Just seeing you say it... It's like seeing my mother, but you'd have to know her I guess, lol! ;-)

Looks like you are feeling better!!! Or are you just a teensy bit cocky from those steroids??? Bwhahaa!!! :rofl:

[MorningGlow]

26. Best news indeed!

Glad it's nothing serious! :bounce:

[many a good man]

36. Start drinking a glass of switchel every day.

You acid-base balance may be out of whack. Glad to hear you're feeling better!

[rurallib]

37. What happens when the steroid wears off?

Is there a permanent solution?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. The doctor told me that it might be good for 6 months...

And there are follow-up injections that can be done.

Or I could opt for surgery to remove the spur...

All this I will discuss with my own orthopedic MD when I see him next week.

Right now, I have to tell you, 6 months looks damned near permanent to me!

[Demoiselle]

25. My timing is spectacular, of course...but, anyway...

I'm glad the knee is better. And perhaps my vibes sent now will fend off future aches and pains....
Knees are tricky little things, very complicated. Out out, damned spur....

[lillypaddle]

27. Peg, I'm thinking

that you will have so many vibes it will put extra pressure on your leg and you will have to sit down! :)

Hope it's nothing serious and that you feel better soon. And get some sleep, k?

On edit: looks like I'm late to the party (story of my life) - SOooooo glad it isn't anything serious!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

28. I send you good vibes every day I'm on DU, Peggy, so I'll just have to send some extras.

I've had the kind of pain you've described before...also no idea of what caused it (it never came at the end of an "incident"...the pain was a sharp, stabbing pain in the kneecap, on straightening, just as you stated, and more often than not, as the symptoms appeared, they went away. Not gradually...they came suddenly, hurt like holy hell, and went away just as suddenly.

See a doc and I'll send the vibes.

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. My dear Amerigo Vespucci...

I did see the doc, and my update is upthread a bit...

Thank you, sweetie...

I was thinking about you today, after all the hoopla was over, and hoping your interview went super well...

:hug:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

32. It did go well, thank you...

...I didn't post anything yet because it ended with "I believe we are going to do this, we need to discuss it and make sure our funding is in place. I will call you in the next couple of days."

New clients seldom, if ever, make a decision in at the end of the first meeting. I have had it happen when there have been some intensive phone calls in advance of the first meeting, but only then. I've had two phone calls with the owner to date, both were in more of a "general overview" sense. Today she brought her partner and the three of us talked specifics for 90 minutes or so.

Rapport during the meeting was strong. We met at a Starbuck's (their choice). So as I have said many times, you take your victory laps when you are in the bank with the check in one hand and a deposit slip in the other. If this is a go, I intend to post it here and thank everyone for the vibes.

:toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. I'm so glad to hear it!

:toast:

[kimi]

30. Ah, I just saw this

and the update. So glad you're feeling better, now!

I'll send vibes anyway, they can be reserved and used any old time! :hi:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. Thank you, my dear kimi!

I will take those vibes, and you know I will store them!

At my age, there's no question there will be a use for them, sooner or later.

:hi:

[Kali]

31. well shit

sorry that happened but sounds like the injection helped.

I have been having some rough nights due to knee pain too! My right knee gets stabbing burning pain just on the inside and nothing seems to relieve it. Thinking of going in to see a doc myself. Will give it a few more days and decide. I think mine is some kind of nerve damage.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Hey, Kali...

That injection really really helped.

I mean, instantaneously!

I could not be more pleased.

Go get it checked out. You never know what might help.

:hug:

[applegrove]

39. vibes calpeg.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. Thank you, my dear applegrove!

See my post #19 for update details...

[denbot]

41. Belated vibes Miss CP

A SHOT IN THE KNEE!?!?!?!?!?! I've had a steroid shot in my shoulder and that hurt. I can't imagine how much a shot in the knee would hurt. I'm glad you're OK. Hopefully you'll get the spur taken care of before the steroid wears off.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. My dear denbot!

I'd heard that they hurt too...I even asked the doctor about that.

He said (and he was telling me the truth, BTW) that I would feel the stick, and then some pressure...

That was ALL.

He did say the steroid would/could last 6 months...

We shall see...

Thanks for the vibes, sweetie!

:hug:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

43. For once I can say to someone

I knee, er, know how you feel
Back in '92 or so I tried to lift something I shouldn't and hurt my left knee
Hurt like bloody hell for a few days and I probably should have gone to the doc then
It gives me some trouble from time to time now, but nothing major
Good vibes coming from the TX panhandle to CA Peggy :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

45. My dear TheCentipedeShoes...

I'm sorry you've had an injury too...

Mine was not, and it turned out to be my old nemesis, bony spurs...

I have them all over, alas...

Thanks for the vibes, sweetie!

:hug:

[BuddhaGirl]

44. Sorry to hear about your knee...

Feel better, Peggy...sending you a big :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. My dear BuddhaGirl...

Ah, my knee feels nearly like new, and thanks for the vibes...

That steroid shot really did the trick!

:hug:

[Aristus]

47. Good vibes, prayers, and a comforting hug coming your way, CalPeg.

:hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

48. Thank you so much, my dear Aristus...

I truly appreciate your good thoughts...

:hug:

[BlueJazz]

49. All I can offer is my good thoughts and hope your discomfort is short-lived

[CaliforniaPeggy]

50. My dear BlueJazz!

Ah, my discomfort is gone! Got to the urgent care doctor yesterday, and he gave me a steroid shot...

Relief is wonderful...

Thanks for the good thoughts, sweetie...

:hug: