I injured my knee quite badly 6-8-07, today is 6-17. My x-ray showed nothing on!
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I injured my knee quite badly 6-8-07, today is 6-17. My x-ray showed nothing on the first day.?
The hospital gave me vicoden es and told me to repeat the e-ray in 7 days. My knee was the size of a grapefruit. It was completely purple. The bruise continued up to my crotch on one side, and down to my foot on the other. Vicoden did not touch the pain. Waiting one week was horrible. When I did get the x-ray, it showed no broken bones. I am now waiting another two weeks to get a cat scan. I know it's the ligaments as the bruse was darker along where the ligaments go. That's according to the diagrams I found on the knee and ligaments. I'm still in tons of pain, so I added alcohol because the docs won't give me anything stronger. Any ideas???? I'm at a complete loss. If it helps, I am small boned, female, and 50yrs. old. Can't think of anything more that may aid you in thinking of something I haven't come up with yet. HELP!
Answers:
you need an orthopedic or sports medicine doctor. ideally you should have an mri and get that fluid drained. stay off the knee as much as possible.