This past July I had knee surgery. More specifically repositioning of the patella. In this surgery I needed a bone graft to stabilize the medical implant pin. The bone that was used was not my own due to a past bone marrow transplant.
I know nothing about my donor. I have never really thought to ask until now. As of a month and a half ago, I’ve been getting severe debilitating pain in my knee and have developed a rather large lump and my knee joint. Even more currently I’ve been getting night sweats and the last visit to my orthopedic surgeon he had mentioned that I looked pale.
I’ve done the physical therapy and had all my follow up appointments. I couldn’t imagine them not finding something in all my visits. I have been doing some reading and since I have had a prior bone marrow transplant I’m at risk for developing these kinds of things. I’m meeting with my surgeon tomorrow to see what he thinks. Has anyone had something similar? Are there any particular tests I should ask for?
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A few weeks ago I started to have bad back pain. It seems to be right on my tail bone and to the right side of my buttocks area. I went to the doctor and he sent me to physical therapy. My physical therapist had my doctor do xrays because the physical therapy wasn’t helping and to make sure I didn’t have a fractured tail bone. He did them yesterday and said I had a crooked tail bone but it didn’t look cracked. He wanted the radiologist to look at them to make sure and I am to go back next week to see the doctor. Does anyone know if a crooked tail bone can cause severe tail bone pain and if so how is it fixed?
In October, I hyper-extended my knee in a soccer game. My ACL stretched out, and my bone ended up with what the doctors called a ‘bone bruise’. Now, six months later, I’m still experiencing pain where the bruise was. After playing for about fifty minutes, it starts to hurt again. I’ve rested it and strengthened it, although I haven’t received physical therapy. My question is, how long does it take for bone bruises to heal? is it normal for my pain to still be lingering?
Any idea what this could be? I’ve had shoulder pain for the longest time – I hurt my shoulder about two years ago and have had surgeries and physical therapy – but the last two months the pain has come back and been extremely bad. Today it’s all up the right side. My neck, collar bone and temple (and also my head behind my ear) is throbbing and my shoulder is burning. It’s hard to explain. Any suggestions?
My sister is undergoing a biposy tomorrow to see if she has cancer.
She’s had bone pain in her arm for over one year now. One doctor diagnosed it as an arthritic joint in late 2005. Another put her on anti-inflammatories and physical therapy for bursitis/frozen shoulder in October of 2006. The drugs alleviated the bone pain a little bit but the shoulder joint and back and spine remained very achey. She looked uncomfortable and pale all of the time and I kept telling her that maybe she should see another doctor.
She finally went to a different doctor last week when she noticed some swollen lymph nodes in her neck. Her blood tests revealed that she’s very anemic.
Do anti-inflammatories delay a correct diagnisis of cancer by masking/reducing bone pain? She’s been looking unwell for a long time and unfortunately, her doctors only viewed her as a body part (in this case a shoulder) instead of a whole person who looked quite obviously, unwell. I’m just terribly worried about her
The dr did not offer anything except physical therapy. I’ve done that, it helps, but the pain quickly returns. Is there some type of surgery to help? This has worsened to the point of waking me from deep sleep with pain. If it is touched (even brushed by the hem of slacks), I cringe with pain. Any feedback will be appreciated. I must make an aggressive decision soon. Thanks for the help.
I have had a pain in my inner “inguinal” area. On the inner pelvic area. Mainly just on the bone following all along from my pubic area to my butt. Just on the left side. Intercourse is painful, as pressure on this pelvic bone makes everything very tender. I dont notice it so much during the day, except when i push on the area to see if it still hurts! Which it has now for the last 3-4 months. I just had a doctors appointment, and was given an inflammation antibiotic, which i took for the recommended days, with no improvement in pain. My OBGYN said that the next step is possibly physical therapy, i have had no scans or ultrasounds in any areas. Just wondering if anyone has anything similar to this pelvic pain? Or has any experience with physical therapy in the pelvic region. Thanks. Oh, i’m 23 female & not pregnant.
My 12yr old daughter dislocated her elbow and fractured her wrist and elbow. She just had her cast removed on Monday but is in lots of pain, even to the touch, on her elbow. The Otho. said she needs to have physical therapy but i don’t think she could handled the pain. She is usually never a baby about pain so i’m really concerned. I don’t want to overreact if this is normal.
Have Ever Broken A Bone? I Have Two. I Need To Know About Physical Therapy And The Healing Process.?
Dec 23
I fell down from skating on Aug 2nd(its not funny) and I broke a bone in my elbow and a bone in my hand, the scaphoid. I don’t have insurance and the clinic I go to re-casted me last week and said I have one more month left. But they don’t offer physical therapy The nurse who wrapped me said that the doctor wants me to start moving my fingers and extending my arm but it still hurts and I can’t stretch it out. I’ve been trying to find books and websites that would offer me some info but I’ve been out of luck. So I guess I want to know if you have ever broken a bone
1. How long did it take to get healed
2. Was it the same as before once it healed
3. Did you do physical therapy
4. If you did physical therapy, What type of exercises did you do?
I just need some advice. Thank you.