Thursday Nov. 12, 2009: 3rd shot on Tuesday

I had my 3rd Supartz shot on Tuesday. Nothing very exciting. It was the PA who did it. She thought I'd be still on a Wednesday schedule this week which is why she told me she wouldn't be there to do the shot. My next shot will be Tuesday and I see the hematologist on Wednesday. When I requested those 2 days off, I had no idea they would be the days for a very big sale at work and I missing it. Oh well!
Yesterday at work, there was a customer who had to stop several times because of knee pain and she said she had knee replacement. She and I chatted briefly. Then another customer asked me about mine and was I happy with it (among the questions she asked).

Right replaced knee has been a little stiff the last couple of days. I really must get myself back in the saddle again, I mean the exercise bike. Hip has also been achy. I think it's the cloudy weather, with some expected rain in the forecast for later this week. I also have figured out that my shoulders do not like being cold, which they are in this room where I am. So I am sitting here with a blanket over my shoulders.

Wednesday Feb. 18, 2009

Well, I see I have my first ads on the blog. Yesterday I figured out what the pain in front of my leg is: anterior tibial tendonitis. Fortunately, it seems to come and go based on how much walking I do during the day, although that's not always the case. My diagnosis was confirmed by someone on the Knee GEeks board who is a doctor and I thank her for it.

I found a bunch of Facebook groups for knees. Sometimes you forget most people don't have knee issues but apparently enough have them to make groups on Facebook. So far I've found:

I Have Bad Knees
Knee Replacement Group
We Are Knee Geeks
Oxford Partial Knee (which is what I have)
Knee Surgery Appreciation Society

I've joined all. There are also a few ITP/blood disorder groups as well which I've also joined:

ITP-Platelet Disorder Support Association
Blood Disorders Awareness
ITP-Spreading Awareness

Now somebody just needs to make a hybrid group of these 2 subjects! I won't but it sounds like an interesting thing to ponder!

Yesterday I got a bill from CFO for my cortisone shot from the end of January. $183.36 after all the charges and credits. Very glad we have an HRA which paid the bill.

So that's it for now.

Monday Feb. 16, 2009

Hooray! I looked at where the giant and ugly bruise I got from my cortisone shot almost 3 weeks ago and it's finally almost gone. However, the site of it is discolored and will probably stay that way for a while. If my newish camera weren't having a battery issue for the thousandth time, I would take a picture. I think I can still see discoloration on my thigh from a bruise I got during my PKR which will be 5 months old tomorrow. I can hardly believe it's been that long already! I can't say how much better my knee feels where the arthritis was but I wish the lingering muscle /tendon issues, which are aches and unexpected tightening up of them, would go away once and for all. Today I'm working for the first time in 2 weeks and I hope everything will behave. I have to go in slightly early because I discovered I didn't get a pay check on Friday for that last day I worked, back on Feb. 2.
Now I wish it would get warm. I am getting sick of winter. The few days of warmer temps. last week makes me more impatient for Spring. But I should know every year around this time , it feels like Spring will never get here! I'm ready to retire the heavy clothes (including jackets)!

Monday Feb. 9, 2009

Just sitting here and decided to write because I was and am still getting a nasty pain in my left knee. Sure hope it won't need a total knee replacement any time soon but I have a feeling it will.