Okay, l was pregnant when this all began, I asked my OB/GYN when I first noticed it in November . It looked like a bruise about the size of a quarter above my right knee, it also looked raised. I told him my leg was numb around that area, and that if I walked a lot my whole leg would go numb and tingle.He told me it was a busted blood vessel and that I had extra fluid putting pressure on it bc I was pregnant, and that it would go away after the baby was born. He sent me to physical therapy for my back & this but it didn’t seem to help.
Well it’s been about a month since I had my baby and I still have the spot,still looks inflamed & numb.
The numbness when I walk has gotten better but I still have numbness around the spot and like a dull aching pain almost all the time. My toes sometimes go numb and get cold. I have an appointment with a neurologist, but I really don’t know who I need to see, this was who my Dr suggested if the problem didn’t get better. Would love some input. Thanks
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I have had the worst pain in the right side right above my hip bone for two months. The doctors seem to think it is muscular because they check out my appendix gallbladder and kidneys. They are worried though because i am done to eatting one meal a day and constatly am sleeping when i can. Although they did check mono htey said it came back negative. Tomorrow March 3 will be exactly 3 months from when it happened.
I am currently in physical therapy which is not helping at all it often makes it worse. It has been getting so bad i cant even lift certain things. I am afriad to find out it is my appendix because i have so many friends that have had the same problems as me and then a few months later had emergency surgery for them. I sorta of want to go to the doctor again and find out but i really dont know what else they will tell me to do.
I have already had 2 ultrasounds a ct and 3 blood tests oh and a few urine tests. I want to know whats wrong because it is starting to interfer with my daily life.
Do you have any ideas on what it could be ? (acute appendictis?)
8 Months And No Improvement?
Feb 25
i was hit in the head with a basketball 8 months ago. They diagnoseed me with head trauma. i’ve done trauma rehab and i’m still doing physical therapy,but im still having problems. i am still suffering from dizziness, migranes, reading and writing, and depersonalization. ALL TESTS AND SCANS ARE CLEAN . please help me!!!!
I shattered my left ankle and sprained my right ankle by falling off a horse and landing on my feet. The impact was so strong that one of my ankles fractured and the other one resulting in 3rd degree sprain. I’m pretty much in the process of healing for the fractured ankle after 2 surgeries, but I am concerned about the sprained one because I’m still having pain, epecially when I rotate it around.
I also get a sudden sharp pain occasionally whever I’m walking. It’s been 4 months since the accident and I have been going to physical therapy for 2 months already.
Do you think these conditions are considered normal? Am I going to be able to get any better?
My left knee gives out on me frequently and at random times…this causes a lot of pain. I take glucosamine and have tried numerous pain meds, physical therapy for 2 months after surgery, knee brace and a post-surgery cortizone shot less than 3 weeks ago. I had a knee scope with lateral release on my right knee in August and the left knee done in December. The right knee is doing ok while the left knee is giving me fits. I am also getting pain along my shin when trying to extend my knee.
About 8 months ago i woke up with a stiff neck. Three months into the pain i saw a chiropractor for a month and didnt feel better.. Then i saw an orthopedist who said to stop that and go to physical therapy. I went to pt for the last 2 and a half to 3 months and i dont feel much better. I didnt stretch as much as i should have but the pain hasnt really decreased that much.
I was in a 4 car pile up on June 2008 and received 2 impacts from the back and 2 from the front. I had several injuries which I have been able to heal from all but one. I still have some sort of injury to my neck and I’m sick of doctors telling me they don’t know what it is and passing me around like a hot potato. I have had 1 nerve block injection, 2 epidural injections and radio frequency ablation, taken several muscle relaxers and pain meds, along with nerve meds like gabapentin and lyrica. I have also gone to 2 physical therapy places and a chiropractor. I am currently seeing a pain management doctor (my 3rd one) I have had 2 MRIs of my neck, both came back normal. I’m at my wits end as to what to do next and the 13th doctor I have been to has just told me he doesn’t know what else to do. Here are my symptoms: severe headache all the time, dizziness, fatigue, insomnia, dry mouth, seeing spots some of the time, left arm pain, left pinky going numb, sometimes my lips go numb, nausea, ringing in the ears, jaw pain; ice seems to help. I felt the pain right after the accident. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what it might be or tests I should ask the doctor to do? Has anyone been in this situation before and can give some advice? Thanks!
I’m 51, female, was injured when my arm was pulled by husband 2 months ago, and the pain keeps getting worse- having trouble sleeping, and range of motion affected. Doctor wanted to give me cortisone shot, physical therapy hurts, i’m not sure i want to take so much Aleve. Any suggestions?
I was in a car accident with very bad whiplash 3 years ago. I went to physical therapy right after and got better mobility. I still had pain. It really came on in January when I had really bad pain in my back in the fleshy part of my right side. I thought my lung had collapsed it hurt so bad. The the head ache started. The head ache is right above my eyebrows, the top of my head and down my neck. It feels like someone is behind me pulling my scalp and the skin undeneath it tight. When I bend over it feels like someone is hitting me between the eyes. When I lay on my stomach in bed and reach over for something, the pain is excruciating. I have seen an internist, Allergist, Ear-nose & throat Dr., eye dr. neurologist, endocrinologist, GI Dr and orthopedisit. They found 3 bulging discs in my neck and 1 herniated in my middle back and that is all. I have had 4 MRI’s, CT scans, ultrasounds, lots of lab work and the full allergy test. I go to PT and the acupunturist, stretch and do yoga.
I was hit by a drunk driver last Christmas, and at the time felt no pain. Later that night, I went to the ER with knee pain, had x-rays, and was given a knee brace. I was referred to an orthopedic surgeon and had an MRI done on my knee, and he told me to go to physical therapy. The only problem was that I couldn’t go immediately since I had no car to drive and nobody to take me (it took weeks to get a car, and my parents had to work). I went back to school in mid January, (I’m a college student), and continued to have knee pain. Over spring break, I finally went to a physical therapist. I was in physical therapy until the last week of May, and was discharged. I felt fine the rest of the summer. Now school has started up, and although I’m walking a lot, I actually think I’m less busy/physically active than I was this summer. My knee is absolutely killing me with the same type of pain, and I don’t understand. Should I go back to physical therapy, or what action should I take?