Winter woes

Well the winter season is upon us in full swing. I hope everyone had a great Turkey day .

We had a great day here. The weather wasn't too bad.. cold but not all that bad honestly. I didn't do much over the holiday weekend , mostly sat around with my leg up and iced.

I fell the night before Thanksgiving and hurt my knee.. not sure what happened I was walking and then I was on the ground hurting. Then I straightened my knee to get up and the pop it made kept me on the ground for longer. Everyone here is concnered that I "blacked out" , I am however more concered with my knee.

I expected swelling, pain, and bruising.. GOT IT...

Well it didn't get any better so I went to the Doctors office Tuesday and lo and behold..

I DIS-LOCATED MY KNEE!!!!

We are trying to hold off until I get my insurance so that I can get an MRI done to see how badly I have messed up the soft tissue. The doctor is sure I have torn a ligament but not sure how badly. After I get my insurance they want me to go to an orthopedic doctor as well. We will also cover the falling thing or black out after I get insurance. the doctor was a little concerned about that to. I told them we would have to wait on that part and that if it became more of an issue before i was covered I would let them know.

SO......

For now I am on crutches, wearing a knee brace, and have lots of pain pills.

It makes life at my house a pain in the butt. I have to have help with my chores.. and I am finding that I do alot of walking at work too. More then I thought I did anyways..

Everyone at work and at home are very willing to help me. The doctor said if I didn't stay off the leg then I would just make it worse.. So that means that there is alot of CLUCKING going on around me. All the mother hens have come out.. Don't get me wrong.. I truly appreciate the concern and all the help.. it is fantastic and it really does help me stay off the leg, BUT it is so frustrating to be hampered this way. I know there are alot of you that have been in the same boat and it has passed.. and I know this to shall pass.. but being in the moment sucks rocks and I feel bad asking for help all the time.

Well I figured I would post here to keep everyone up to date. I will post more as I find out more.