Knee!

[azurelunatic]

Tuesday I had an appointment with a physician assistant about my left knee. I'm apparently screamish about the details when I'm in that much pain, so I asked to skip a lot of the explanations I would have otherwise found fascinating.

I got a lidocaine and steroid shot to inside the knee! The outside was numbed, but I yelled when he came to an inside point. Also I do have some bone spurs, absolutely fantastic.

PA Fox warned me not to overdo things on the lidocaine, but the steroid should be taking effect over this past week. And it has! It's down to a normal sort of ow, and I don't have to use a cane to go from bed to the bathroom. I've still been lounging outside quite a bit (the only position that didn't hurt previously) but for pleasure, not from necessity.

Edit: And then I managed to stumble within the last half hour and it hurts badly again. I was lucky to have a cane nearby. We'll see what it does over the course of the afternoon.

Comments

[senmut]

son of a gun, can you not catch a break.... wait. NO! NOT THAT WORD.

A pause on a series of unfortunate incidents.

[azurelunatic]

I CERTAINLY HOPE SO/NOT!!!!

[azurelunatic]

It's feeling tender but not the worst today, and by now I am getting around without a cane in the house.

[silveradept]

That the good feelings and drop in pain are conditional on not doing anything is a terrible idea and I wish there were more durable options.

[azurelunatic]

The warning was, specifically:
Once the lidocaine kicks in you're likely to feel like you have a whole new knee. That's going to last for a couple hours at most. So don't overdo it while the lidocaine is active or you may Regret it after it wears off.

The steroid takes up to a week to take full effect, but is longer lasting. Without the lidocaine in play, I will feel the normal warning signs of overuse, and I won't need a specific warning against accidental overuse.