A message to my knee: If you could please re-attach yourself to my upper and lower leg, that'd be super great. 'Cause right now it feels like you're free-floating as I lift my leg but crunching together as I step down. Fun? Not so much. And this weird hot and cold feeling, yeah if you could take that away, it'd be a help. Thanks!
There's only so much pain killers I can take and I refuse to overdose on naproxen. Just one pill makes me feel like I've had a red bull and it doesn't even totally take the pain away. Ugh. Other OTC pain meds might as well be candy, they have no effect. My luck will be when I finally get to see my specialist I'll be told there's no change from last year's MRI. That would make me feel totally helpless.
So I'm trying, really trying, to make the best of my waiting time and trying to keep up with my running and other exercises. These past 3 days though, have really tested my pain limits. The peg-leg is a constant companion now, all day, no matter what I do. This morning it woke me up, screaming that I was lying in the "wrong" position and must flip over 5 times to find a good spot. When I try to run I can get about a mile down the road before I start to notice a tightness that starts in the knee, then either changes into standard arthritis pain, with a dull ache on my lateral side (I can put up with it) or I'll quickly transform into a peg-legged runner. These past 3 days it's been the later, with me slowing to a walk when I notice my peg-leg pain is affecting my form. The only relief I get is switching to running on my toes (on the bad leg), which can work for a little while, but eventually the pain overcomes the form change and no matter how I place my foot it feels like I'm crunching bone. I just want to know why it feels so crappy and if there is anything at all I can do.
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