Well, I know have a lot more confidence in him. Hey, it takes me a while, and no one I go to ever knows who he is ….
Anyway, he was right on the money on the diagnosis. I got the xray done, and a letter from the radiologist. I see him at 2:45 to get a referall to the physical therapist.
I am very happy with my doctor right now.
He had written instructions to his assistant to write orders for an xray.
Also he called back quickly after hours.
Right now I’m waiting to get an xray.
My whole leg hurts, from the knee down to my toes! Icing hasn’t helped much. I’ve got a Thermacare wrap on it now, but it isn’t either. The hot tub helped earlier, so I’m going to hobble down when I get enough courage and try that again.
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Hot tub helped — I have more range of motion. Oddly enough blood sugar is lower, not higher, as I expected.
My whole leg hurts, from the knee down to my toes! Icing hasn’t helped much. I’ve got a Thermacare wrap on it now, but it isn’t either. The hot tub helped earlier, so I’m going to hobble down when I get enough courage and try that again.
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Hot tub helped — I have more range of motion. Oddly enough blood sugar is lower, not higher, as I expected.
I always knew those Type 2 diabetes drugs weren’t anything to mess with….
I’ll admit to blowing the initial headlines off, thinking — well, it’s a known complication anyway, until I read the following paragraph.
FYI: Eyes scare me AFTER cardiovascular complications.
Rosiglitazone Linked to New/Worsening Macular Edema
A majority of the cases involved concurrent peripheral edema, according to an alert sent today from MedWatch, the FDA’s safety information and adverse event reporting program. In some patients, macular edema resolved or improved after discontinuation of therapy. In one case, the condition resolved after dose reduction.
I always knew those Type 2 diabetes drugs weren’t anything to mess with….
I’ll admit to blowing the initial headlines off, thinking — well, it’s a known complication anyway, until I read the following paragraph.
FYI: Eyes scare me AFTER cardiovascular complications.
Rosiglitazone Linked to New/Worsening Macular Edema
A majority of the cases involved concurrent peripheral edema, according to an alert sent today from MedWatch, the FDA’s safety information and adverse event reporting program. In some patients, macular edema resolved or improved after discontinuation of therapy. In one case, the condition resolved after dose reduction.
I put a knee brace on this evening, and went to dog agility class. I got to the outside of the aframe which was obstacle 3 on the course), put my knee on the ground and screamed. I honestly don’t know what happened now, at the time, I thought it was a snap or a pull, but now I think it is a really really sharp intense pain.
I’m taking tomorrow off and dealing with it. I’m on crutches, but mostly to support some of my weight, not immobilizing it.
The good news: He is sending me to a retired army physical therapist who can get me running again if anyone can.
The bad news: I may not ever run again.
Plus the jerks didn’t reconnect the temperature gauge when they repaired my truck so maybe I can get that done too.
(You are a jerk if you don’t check everything).
I put a knee brace on this evening, and went to dog agility class. I got to the outside of the aframe which was obstacle 3 on the course), put my knee on the ground and screamed. I honestly don’t know what happened now, at the time, I thought it was a snap or a pull, but now I think it is a really really sharp intense pain.
I’m taking tomorrow off and dealing with it. I’m on crutches, but mostly to support some of my weight, not immobilizing it.
The good news: He is sending me to a retired army physical therapist who can get me running again if anyone can.
The bad news: I may not ever run again.
Plus the jerks didn’t reconnect the temperature gauge when they repaired my truck so maybe I can get that done too.
(You are a jerk if you don’t check everything).
My fasting blood sugar was 107 this morning. Lowest it’s been in a while.
While the break was nice, it was definately hard on my blood sugar, especially last week when I’ve taken a break from working out because of the knee. I plan to start up again on Saturday.
I also should get my truck back today. I think I blogged that I took it in on Monday and not only is the door broken, but the engine compartment is leaking. They were hoping to have it done yesterday after school, but didn’t get there. It’s going to cost about $3,000 to get it fixed. I’m hoping that 6 car payments are going to be better than 3-4 years worth of car payments.
I plan to ice my knee after each stair excusion and see if that helps. I may have to break down and get a heating pad too.
Plus I have dog agility tonight.
Does anyone know if the knee braces sold at Walgreen’s would help?
I attended the awards ceremony last night, and it was a lot of fun.
And … drum roll … this blog was honored with the Best Adult with Type 2 Blog Award
As I said in my acceptance speech last night — I owe it all to Medrants, his blog is my parent blog.