Hi everyone
I been having some very bad days lately. I stareted getting confused and weak a few months ago and all along trying to talk to my pain doc was just as frustrating. About 4 weeks ago I began waking up with severe cramping in my ankle foot areas which then almost overnight transversed up to my left hip. The pain is so intense in the am that as soon as I awake I'm aware of my foot and knee beent in a tight way as if I will not be able to straighten them. truth is when I do move the pain in back of my lft knee and below throws me up and forward in such a quick motion that when I try to stand...well...I have no strength and fall. the other day I took a nap and woke about 3pm from looking at the clock on my table. the next thing I remember was how dark it was and why was I on the fllor between the couch and the coffee table in front. when gaining my conscienceness the clock read 8:46 pm. My nose was lacerated anf I felt terrible. I live alone and my 6 brothers and sister disowned me a year ago.If it wasnt for my friends at church I would be crazy by now. I saw my pain doc a week and a half ag with no results so I made an appt with my neuro and today I just returned from having a 3 phase body scan and a cat scan on my cervical thoracic and lumbar spine including my pelvis. I have never had such bone pain.. real inside bone pain before. from the way my neuro moved me around he believes I may have fractured my hip and possibly my pelvis. You know there just isnt much else that can possibly go wrong I keep telling myself...but it does
I'm sorry for writing so much, my meds arent working to good and writing gives me the hope that someone hears me and understands. God Bless and thanks for being here



I'm sorry to hear you've been having such a rough time lately. I hope your neurologist is able to find out what is wrong and give you some help soon.
I'm really concerned about you living alone. Have you ever looked into one of those medical alert systems that allows you to call for help by just pushing a button on a necklace? At the very least, ask one of your friends from church to call you daily to check on you. I live alone, too, and when I was going through a touchy time medically, I asked one of my kids to call me every day to make sure I was ok. It gave me more peace of mind to know someone was checking on me.
Please keep us posted on how you're doing and the results of your scans.