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SoreArms
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So Friday night I went out to see some bands at some bar. I was really drunk and to top it off the area where the mosh pit was was slick, hard wood floor where people kept spilling their drinks and some one was even shooting silly string, making it even more slippery. So I'm in the pit getting thrown around and I guess I slipped and banged the inside of my left knee hard on the floor, luckily it was at the end of the show 
It hurt but I was able to limp away that night.
I didn't think it would be that big of a deal, maybe it would be sore the next day but nothing big, so Saturday morning I wake up and its swollen as helll and it hurt too. I couldn't put any pressure on it, bend it, lift it, anything, it fucking hurt. I contemplated going to the hospital but I had tickets to the Dodgers game later that day and feared not being out in time for the game so I just wrapped it up with an ace bandage, put a brace over it and took some codenes. That was a great fucking game btw, I would have hated myself if I had missed it.
Sunday morning the knee was even worse so I headed to the hospital. I went to the information desk and told them I was not sure where I needed to go, they asked me what was wrong, I showed them my knee and they said "you need to go the emergency room" and one of the guys ran out from the desk, came back with a wheel chair, sat me on it and hurried me down to the emergency room. They x-ray'd it and did not find any broken bones or fractures so they refered me to see an orthopedic doctor to get an MRI to see wheter I have any torn ligaments or other crap like that. Torn ligaments will mean surgery, so I really hope I just need to let it rest and heal. I couldn't get an appointment for the ortho until this Friday, so in the mean time I'm sitting at home limping around, taking vicodens. They gave me crutches to use, but I had to use crutches earlier this year when I injured my ankle and they were awkward as hell so I decided to buy me a cane, atleast with the cane I got a cool pimp limp. I'm also not able to work at either of my two jobs right now.
Since I broke/separated my shoulder in pre-school from hanging on the monkey bars, I had not had any injuries. So far in '04 I've had 3
1. Stress fracture on my ankle
2. I got a tear on my tendon, in my arm
3. this goddam fucking knee injury
Is there any sure tell tale sign of torn ligaments?
It hurt but I was able to limp away that night. I didn't think it would be that big of a deal, maybe it would be sore the next day but nothing big, so Saturday morning I wake up and its swollen as helll and it hurt too. I couldn't put any pressure on it, bend it, lift it, anything, it fucking hurt. I contemplated going to the hospital but I had tickets to the Dodgers game later that day and feared not being out in time for the game so I just wrapped it up with an ace bandage, put a brace over it and took some codenes. That was a great fucking game btw, I would have hated myself if I had missed it.
Sunday morning the knee was even worse so I headed to the hospital. I went to the information desk and told them I was not sure where I needed to go, they asked me what was wrong, I showed them my knee and they said "you need to go the emergency room" and one of the guys ran out from the desk, came back with a wheel chair, sat me on it and hurried me down to the emergency room. They x-ray'd it and did not find any broken bones or fractures so they refered me to see an orthopedic doctor to get an MRI to see wheter I have any torn ligaments or other crap like that. Torn ligaments will mean surgery, so I really hope I just need to let it rest and heal. I couldn't get an appointment for the ortho until this Friday, so in the mean time I'm sitting at home limping around, taking vicodens. They gave me crutches to use, but I had to use crutches earlier this year when I injured my ankle and they were awkward as hell so I decided to buy me a cane, atleast with the cane I got a cool pimp limp. I'm also not able to work at either of my two jobs right now.
Since I broke/separated my shoulder in pre-school from hanging on the monkey bars, I had not had any injuries. So far in '04 I've had 3
1. Stress fracture on my ankle
2. I got a tear on my tendon, in my arm
3. this goddam fucking knee injury
Is there any sure tell tale sign of torn ligaments?
