Not looking for a diagnosis, but perhaps someone who has shared my frusteration or has any insight. I started getting pain in the inside of my left knee about 6 months ago. I was diagnosed with a sprained ACL after an MRI. That healed after much physical therapy, but the inner side of my knee is very tender and i can not bear weight on it for too long. I’m in my 20’s and have never had an injury. My second MRI and xray showed up normal. I’m an avid athlete and have had to put my life on hold because of this “injury.” Orthopedics aren’t sure what’s wrong and have been administering Haylgan shots to cure my ailments. Next step is arthroscopic surgery i think. Not sure what else to do, although not sure how surgery is going to cure something an MRI can’t detect. Any thoughts?
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Unsolved Knee Pain Mystery?
Feb 27
there is still a lot of pain..it is not broken, and the MRI showed NOTHING! i didn’t fall on it but i started to feel the pain more than 2 months ago wen i was doing a dance routine in gym class..i was fine and then after i finished teh dance i went to sit down to watch teh other dances..instantly i started to feeI some pain..my mom picked me up from school and wen i sat in the car i realized that there was a lot more pain. it hurt so bad i started crying. i was worried about how i was going to sit at school the next day. i’ve been sitting on a doughnut pillow literally ereverywere i sit since the same week i started feeling pain..and yet its still there..i cannot sit on it without feeling straining and sharp pains. i’ve been doing excersises given from my physical therapist but after 2 months, same pain. she said that she aligned my bones because they got shifted cuz i kept sitting on my side to avoid sitting directly on my bone! i even wear inserts in my shoe! plz help i’m desperate!
First, I’ve told a Dr. about it, but I am searching for more Info. Maybe someone else dealing with similar chronic pain/pain meds, etc. Any info is appreciate.
So, I have been taking Ultram ER for about 6 months. Recently My dosage was upped to 200 mg/daily by my pain mgmt doctor. Also I take Ultracet (tramadol) 37.5 mg (as needed every 4 hours).
I recently noticed, that I have had a strange phenomenon happening that I believe could be a possible side effect?
When I told my Dr’s they ran some tests but did not find anything really.
The symptom is hard to explain, but basically a couple hours after I fall asleep I am in a sort of awake dream. My whole body feels completely numb, I can’t move or snap out of it. Tingly everywhere. When I finally do awake, I still feel tingly, although the symptoms are subsiding significantly, and I stand up very dizzy to the point where I fall down almost. It was pretty scary and doesnt happen every night but more like once or twice every couple weeks.
Here’s some backgound on me and my coniditions as I realize there may be other causes. 24, male, fit, athletic, non-smoker, no recreational drug use. 2 years ago, my lung spontaneously collapsed. ER, placed a small chest tube to reinflate my lung. The tube failed. A second tube was placed in my chest. The tube reinflated my lung. As I was to be released, I fell very very Ill. After a week in the hospital running tests, a week in ICU, loss of 25% body weight (near death), another chest tube (3) they finally found I had a staph infection in an empyema on my chest wall/lung. They did an emergency thoracotomy (scraping the infection out of my lung, removing small piece of my lung, and scraping my chest wall). Released after 4 weeks hospitalized. 4 more weeks IV antibiotics as outpatient. Severe chronic pain following. 4 radiofrequency ablation treatments on intercostal nerves to remove (some) pain. Chiropractor, Physical Therapy, Post Op Pain Meds (Oxy Codone, Percocet, Lyrica, Celebrex, Ultram ER, Ultracet). 2 Years moderate-severe Post Thoracotomy Chronic Pain Syndrome. Well thats the basics.