My knee :o(

[nat_84]

Thought i'd share my depressing day with you....

Just got in from football and ive totally bodged up my right knee.

When i was 16 (Im now 21) i ruptured (snapped) my cruciate ligament and damaged cartilage in a football tournament.....

I've just started getting back in the game and was playing in a tounament tonight at Westway.... secind half of second game i was going in for a tackle and felt my right knee totally give way.

I was carried off by my team mates and started crying like the little girl i am... main reason i was crying was because i have the feeling ive done the same injury to my right knee which i'd done to my left (ligament) which would keep me out of football for f***!** another two years.

To top it off im going to the Dominican Republic (where, its p!$$ing it down for the next week by the way- great) on Thursday - so im just hoping i dont have to spend my time on cruches....

anyway - symptons are - big swelling on the top of my knee and at the back - a general ache and weakness coming from my whole knee - cant put any weight on it.

PLEASE SAY IVE ONLY TWISTED IT!????! :O(

[ashblonde]

arrr poor you.XxX

[petes_dragon]

ooooooooooooohhh!!! nat that sounds so painful, my friends partner is just recovering from tearing his cruciate so I know how painful it is. 8-{

sorry to say it babe, but your going to have to go to you local A & E and get it checked over to be sure one way or the other.

A xXx

[nat_84]

thanks luv :o(

yeah but i havent got time - need to go to work tomorrow and im leaving for the airport at 5am Thursday morning.

Gonna just have to wait for swelling to go down so i can walk properly.

I just feel a ball of frustration rolling around inside me.

You know when u just think - why do these things always happen to me..?!?!?

[Craig007]

Its a good job Arsenal are about to sign Tevez then Nat! :)
Hope ur knee is less "bodged" today.
And have a great holiday.

[Lonnie]

Hi nat, I can fully appreciate what your going through, you have my sympathies, if you can't get it looked at until you get back, at the very least take a walking stick for support, had one for indoors, for outdoors, I used a strong gents umbrella. Good luck.

[stylinsam]

how is it today hunnie??? hope your feeling better!

[Dizzieblonde]

Did a similar thing in karate - went off-balance during a kick and I could have sworn I'd broken it. Went to A&E, they X-Rayed it and it turned out I'd just torn the ligaments slightly. They put a tubigrip support on and send me on my way to rest it, although I was walking with a limp for about a month and it's always been my weaker knee since.

I think a completely torn ligament, or a broken bone in that area is supposed to be unbearable agony, so you may have just twisted it or over-stretched the ligaments.

[nat_84]

:o(

leaving work early to go A and E today, to hopefully get some kind of diagnosis...hopefully he'll say its just a minor twist but unfortunately i'm fearing the worst.... which would be ruptured ligament...

Ive got a crutch from my previous operation which im using.

As for Tevez - i reckon he's off to Man U and i reckon Arsenal will get Baptista.

[nat_84]

Dizzieblond - yeah i fully ripped my left knees ACL. Apparently, i read that a fully rippped ligament is less painful than a partially ripped one...

[Dizzieblonde]

Apparently so - an entirely torn one damages some of the nerves endings so the pain isn't transmitted so effectively. Have they told you how long you can expect to be off it? I remember being pretty much a limping and flinching sack for around a month, and as I said, it's always been a bit of a weak knee now. Ibuprofen gel was pretty good for me though, as was keeping a tubular support on it.

[nat_84]

im at work at the mo - leaving at 12.30 to go hospital - so i'll get some advice from them.

When i did my other knee i remeber just limping around for a week or so but i was fine after that and just had to wait 2 years!!! for my operation.

My consultant said i'd be alright to go Snowboarding (i shouldve sued him!!!) so i went and totally messed my knee up again.

Eventually had the key hole op and later had the total reconstruction of my ACL.

[Dizzieblonde]

Well, best of luck with it Nat - ask them how long before you can play again. They'll probably give you a conservative estimate to be on the safe side, but at least you'll know.

[nat_84]

Cheers Dizzie - touch wood its not as bad as im assuming! xxx