The Knee

I remember it like it was yesterday. The sun was shining bright in the cloudless blue sky, the birds were chirping a lovely morning song, the air was filled with Harper's laughter. We were running after each other in a game of toddler chase, and then I felt it. A pull, a twist, a something completely uncomfortable. Ewww.. mommy hurt her knee, let's go inside!

The rest is history as they say! My knee did hurt on and off after that morning, but honestly, I didn't think that much about it. I thought it was just a pulled muscle or possibly just me being a baby. I am like, sometimes.

Until....

This past Saturday night, when I couldn't get up off the couch because my leg would not move. I could not straighten it out without feeling liking I was going to faint. I couldn't roll over in the bed. I couldn't walk to the bathroom. All of which led to me reluctantly visiting the ER Sunday morning.
Which led to an appointment with an orthopedic doctor, Thursday morning.

Everyone in the building was sure I had torn my meniscus. They were already signing me up for surgery and explaining how it was all going to go, but luckily that is not the case.  The MRI showed that I didn't tear anything. I just bruised my bone really badly. This caused fluid to build up around my knee. Because I was sitting with my knee bent on the couch, a pocket of fluid gathered there in a cyst formation, which bound the tendons and ligaments in the back of my knee causing the immobility until the fluid was able to move out.

According to MD-Health, Like most types of trauma, a bone bruise is characterized by pain and swelling. However, the pain involved in a bone bruise tends to be more severe and lasts longer than a soft tissue trauma. The swelling may be seen around the soft tissue surrounding the bone, such as the skin and muscles, and may be accompanied by discoloration. When a bone bruise is adjacent to a joint, blood and fluids can spread to the joint, causing it to swell.

A bone bruise may cause minimal damage to a bone which may be detected with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) but not by plain x-rays.

A knee brace and some anti inflammatory medication should have me back in business in two to six weeks. It is already a lot better and at least I can get around now because crutches are NOT for me!

Hopefully, this blog will not turn into a journal of my medical history, but rather it will be a fun and informational fitness and nutrition blog. I digress.

Until next time..

XOXOXOXO