Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 (edited) I’m not the toughest of guys. And I grumble and complain too much sometimes. And have a general history of not recognizing injury or physical limitations. Theres that time I fell off the ladder and dealt with pain until I couldn’t 1 1/2 year later to be told of the disc damage and that I should of came in a year earlier. Or that time I got a hernia. Oh, I went in quick on that, but had too much to do, so kept working for 4-5 months til it was so bad I needed open surgery, requiring 2 months off. I was back at work two weeks later setting poles and jack hammering pole bases. I swear I tore the internal stitching. I have never quite felt right and get needle like nerve pain in the groin. So this time around, it’s my knees I thought I hurt. Was doing one of those high impact exercise programs to prep for a backpack elk hunt. Was moving along good for weeks til one day I do this crazy routine. After that, knees hurt. Calves stayed tight like they’d never would release. And I lost my flexibility. And it was just downhill from there. Did some rest recovery some therapy. But knees keep hurting from that day. Fast forward to a month ago in Colorado, elk hunting, knees just really killing me. One day I wake up and left leg swollen from the knee to the ankle. No discolor, but kinda like diabetic poor circulation swelling. Take the day off, and back to hunting. And a cycle of this goes off and on, til finally I’ve had enough after 12-13 days of chasing elk around and I head home. I get home and the leg is crazy swollen. Goes down and over the next 10 days it sways from bad to worse to better to ok to intolerable and I call my ortho. Then I hang four deer stands one weekend and can barely walk afterwards . Screw the ortho appointment. I head to primary asap. Leg is all swolen up, but a knob has formed. First impression- big honking lipoma, but it hurts like a bomb went off each time it’s touched. So, quick thing to do is ultrasound. Gal looks at it and said, oh it looked like a lipoma to her. As soon as she ultrasounds it- “ I don’t know what this is, never seen anything like this in 20+ years. Need to get doctor in here.” He gets in there , she explains and he says oh my, I’ve never seen anything like that. You’ve tore your calf muscle (tears aren’t new to him, he never seen a tear this dramatic and a jackass walk in on it) And my leg swole slap full of fluid. That was all of the pain. A very deep, 5-6” vertical rip up the interior side of my calf muscle. It is like someone took a meat cleaver to it and ripped into my leg to substitute for a pulled pork sandwich. 6 months or so to fully heal and recover. Or longer. Meanwhile I’ve got to figure out how to keep my business going. I’m a solopreneur mostly and everything I do is physical. Im supposed to get it looked at again this week and drained. For some reason, I don’t seem to feel and recognize pain like other folks do. I am not tough. Not in the least bit. You oughtta see me with Covid or the flu. Prayers please…. Edited October 21 by Dirty Dan Dawkins 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Zook Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Will do as well 🙏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Praying here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Outgoing!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Prayers heading your way from the Northern side of the Medicine Line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Willy Dunkum, SASS # 61027 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Prayers up pard. Its not easy when you are the primary in your own business and have little to no backup help. I was out 6 months, first 3 was recovery then overdid it and hemmoraged causing additional 3 mos out, I had to shut down and business never recovered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Eagle Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Sounds like you need the prayers and I sure need the practice. Prayers up for your speedy recovery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Same here. I've had trouble too when I have overdone an exercise regime to prepare for something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shepherd Book Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Gotcha covered, pard! May you have a quick and complete recovery! SB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Prayers up ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Prayers heading up DDD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Been here! done that! You have my prayers and a piece of advice: DON'T DO THAT ANY MORE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Kris Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Prayers up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 Aren't we lucky that God also takes care of eejits? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 2 hours ago, MizPete said: Aren't we lucky that God also takes care of eejits? Yes, I too am lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Prayers on the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawdog Dago Dom Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Yessir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 6 hours ago, MizPete said: Aren't we lucky that God also takes care of eejits? Blessed not lucky. Prayers sent for you health and salvation. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted October 22 Share Posted October 22 Prayers up Imis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted October 23 Author Share Posted October 23 (edited) Well, went for drainage yesterday. They suspect a Baker’s cyst ruptured and forcefully ejected its contents into that muscle hydraulically tearing it. Again, don’t know. Just speculating. Yes, I had an inflamed spot on the back of both knees and wondered if it was a Baker’s cyst. And again, they’d never seen or heard of anything like this before. I don’t recall an all at once event. I can buy into this theory on the cyst rupture but believe it was incremental. A tear like this all at once would had to have been unbelievably painful. They didn’t even drain it. The Prednisone reduced the fluid and inflammation probably 80% in the last week. Well, he said how I rest, recover and heal over the next 6 weeks will likely prove influential in how I feel 10 years from now. Edited October 23 by Dirty Dan Dawkins 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted November 26 Author Share Posted November 26 Well……… nothing at all like what they said. MRI give the real picture Meniscus tears in both knees. Cartilage damage and ruptured bursa left knee. When they drained my left leg, it was 11cc of old blood. Calf pain went away as it was pressing a nerve and causing some of the worst pain I’ve ever had. That blood was what we had all seen in the ultrasound. Not certain what tire and what we saw fluttering around. Still working. Painfully. Seeing an ortho on Dec 18. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 Thanks for the updates. Thoughts and Prayers to continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 On 10/21/2024 at 3:20 PM, MizPete said: Aren't we lucky that God also takes care of eejits? He's taken better care of me than I deserve and I thank him every day, sometimes more than once a day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 I’m glad there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks for the update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 Oh my goodness ... Bet your bottom dollar I most certainly AM!!! standing up on my Prayer Bones for you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangler Bob Posted November 26 Share Posted November 26 As a "one man enterprise" I offer my prayers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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