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Sun 9 May, 2004 10:32 pm
Three weeks ago I was pretty well crippled by 'exquisite pain' in the knees. I could barely walk and no amount of pain-killers could even touch it. Off I go to the GP. A longish examination and he says, 'Really, I can't pinpoint what's wrong with you'. Great, I have my own private disease.
After some blood work he makes a tentative stab at 'post-viral arthritis'. The anti-inflammants sort of work, but I am still in a lot of pain/discomfort. Has anyone had this? How long did it take to get over it? Any sort of tips and hints to make my life easier?
Hmmmm - I don't know, Stilly - and welcome back!!!! - but I do know I often have very nasty joint pain when I have a virus - which persists.
This also seems to be hormonal sometimes - which is unlikely to bother you!
Glucosamine with chondroitin seems to help.
Me, I'd go see a rheumatologist, that is, a specialist in matters that affect the joints.
And, by the way, very glad to see you back here, Mr. S.
Like your new avatar too.
edited to correct spelling of 'hear', good grief.
Just softening you lot up with a play for sympathy. "Look at my wounded paw! How could you say such terrible things about the afflicted". Then ba-boom, right between the eyes!!
<only, my frickin' knees HAVE to stop hurting first!>
I KNOW with the knees, believe me!
Like I said, have a look at the glucosamine with chondroitin.
I hope life otherwise is a little better?
Want your damn paw kissed?
Here - smooooooch.....
ptooey....!
Sorry to hear of your pain Mr. Still and wish I could help :-(
Re: Post-viral arthritis - anyone ELSE had this?
Mr Stillwater wrote:Three weeks ago I was pretty well crippled by 'exquisite pain' in the knees. I could barely walk and no amount of pain-killers could even touch it. Off I go to the GP. A longish examination and he says, 'Really, I can't pinpoint what's wrong with you'. Great, I have my own private disease.
After some blood work he makes a tentative stab at 'post-viral arthritis'. The anti-inflammants sort of work, but I am still in a lot of pain/discomfort. Has anyone had this? How long did it take to get over it? Any sort of tips and hints to make my life easier?
I thought that this type of arthritis went by the name of "infectious arthritis". I'll have to check.
Here's a link. There's plenty more
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1021053502.html on Google.
That read as a good link to me, Miller.
Miller, there was no infection present and was not proceeded by a major illness. Thanks for the link tho, I would have to alert careful readers to the dangers that can be found in feline or lupine fur, requiring:
Quote:Safe sex practices and anti-tick measures
Just say no. That's my advice.
Yeh, ok, but go to a specialist. Spend the first batcha dollars. Best of course if there is a rheumatology clinic in a university near you...
Was your husband put on Vancomycin?
Yes - but did it help the pain any???
I think she was attempting to clip your nails. You know, long nails can catch on steps...
So my mother (Go mom!!) comes up with three possibilities, each just a little bit worse than the other:
-bursitis (housemaid's knee)
-gout (she LOVED that one, no-booze-4-youze treatment)
-Baker's Cyst*
And finishes it off with, 'Well that's what happens once you get older'. Well THANK YOU Mom!! I'm checking out nursing homes, and not the good ones tho, another one of those things you do 'once you get older'.
*horrible pain, only cured by horribly painful surgery
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