I had my knee MRI yesterday, not very out of the ordinary, just painful to keep my knee and leg so straight, while lying on my back with legs straight out in front of me. Bad for the knee & leg, bad for the back. But whose complaining? I am ecstatic to get these tests done! It means 2 steps closer to a diagnosis!!
BUT. Then I picked up the Xrays of my knee, taken at the ER. They now come on a CD, you can still pick the actual films up, but it would have cost 10 bucks per sheet, and the CD had everything on it. I went for the modern (and free) route.
After the first day driving (one month after the injury) I was hurting, and wondering why my entire leg hurts when the injury is in the knee. I put that xray CD in my computer, and voila!!
The first Xray view shows what appears to be a small piece of bone on the right side of the knee. Could this be what I heard when my knee POPPED? If it is bone, where did it come from, or break away from?
Or is this circle a possible tendon, ligament, or other tissue that broke away and is all 'balled up'? But Xrays show bone only, right? I am stumped. I do not have the report from the Xray series, so I have no idea what the Radiologist's findings were.
Here is another view, which shows the culprit clearer, and when I used the magnifier on the GE program to view the Xray CD; it shocks me to think that happened while stepping up from the floor! If that is from the injury.
Too many IF'S here for my taste. I bet the MRI will show some amazing pics of this, and I can't wait to see the Orthopedist, and hear his diagnosis.
And the 3rd and last view, with the knee flexed, also showing the little 'ball of unknown'. This view is of the flexed right knee, you are seeing the left side of the knee, and on the 'far' right side, you can see the little ball. It is actually smiling from certain views.
I think my Patella looks odd too, with a 'horn' on the top, but because this knee has had 2 prior surgeries, the patella has been worked on extensively, and I am not a Radiologist.
Hope to have further news immediately after seeing the Orthopedist, and I will pass that news on.
Thanks to all of you who have written and commented and really seem to care about how I am doing. The online support I receive (and love to give) helps so much-- more than I can say.
Gentle Hugs.... and Stay strong ~just for today~
Shauna, It does look like you have an alien bone floating around...I hope it is nothing awful. But, I must say you have beautiful legs! (lol)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to find out what it is! X-rays and MRI's are so fascinating to look at =D I've got my fair share of them for several body parts - although knowing what your looking at helps too LOL
ReplyDeleteYikes! I'm glad you've got the scans though, I hope that getting this fixed goes smoothly for you xx
ReplyDeleteYou can learn so much about reading MRIs on the internet by comparing pictures. I diagnosed my own ACL tears, meniscus tears, and I just looked at my neighbors MRI disc and told her it looked like meniscus tears. Obviously I am not a pro by any means, but comparing pictures on the internet taught me a lot, and I loved being able to have some idea of what the doctor was going to tell me.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to your healing!!!
Oh, it's difficult waiting for results. Glad you got the scans and if anything is wrong, I hope it is an easy and quick solution.
ReplyDeleteIn the first x-ray it looks like the end of your femur is the wrong shape, it sort of has a small hook shape (on the side nearest the letter R) where that fragment may have come from. Either there or the patella, though it is possible the x-ray just isn't showing it clearly. Either way it does look like a bone fragment floating around. I am sorry to hear you are still in such horrible pain. *HUGS*
ReplyDeleteI hope also that it will be an easy fix.
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