Time to start FREAKIN' out
05-21-09, 08:17 AM
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05-21-09, 08:55 AM
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???
You felt a 'sting' when you touched the skin? You felt 'fluid' around the knee cap?
Sounds like you have a pretty bad contusion. That's hard to do on a bike (My left knee gets all swollen if I try to run.... thanks USMC!). Have you taken a bad fall, or twisted it some how? Any previous history of knee trauma? Arthroscopic surgery? If the knee was previously damaged, then the repetitive motion of cycling may cause fluid to build up. If you have no prior history, then there might be a problem. Either way, go see the doc, get it drained and get back on the bike.
You felt a 'sting' when you touched the skin? You felt 'fluid' around the knee cap?
Sounds like you have a pretty bad contusion. That's hard to do on a bike (My left knee gets all swollen if I try to run.... thanks USMC!). Have you taken a bad fall, or twisted it some how? Any previous history of knee trauma? Arthroscopic surgery? If the knee was previously damaged, then the repetitive motion of cycling may cause fluid to build up. If you have no prior history, then there might be a problem. Either way, go see the doc, get it drained and get back on the bike.
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Master Guns Crittle, You out there??
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein
05-21-09, 09:06 AM
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Clearly you've got leprosy. Time to freak out big time.
(your knee hurts a little, the sky is not falling)
(your knee hurts a little, the sky is not falling)
05-21-09, 09:06 AM
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???
You felt a 'sting' when you touched the skin? You felt 'fluid' around the knee cap?
Sounds like you have a pretty bad contusion. That's hard to do on a bike (My left knee gets all swollen if I try to run.... thanks USMC!). Have you taken a bad fall, or twisted it some how? Any previous history of knee trauma? Arthroscopic surgery? If the knee was previously damaged, then the repetitive motion of cycling may cause fluid to build up. If you have no prior history, then there might be a problem. Either way, go see the doc, get it drained and get back on the bike.
You felt a 'sting' when you touched the skin? You felt 'fluid' around the knee cap?
Sounds like you have a pretty bad contusion. That's hard to do on a bike (My left knee gets all swollen if I try to run.... thanks USMC!). Have you taken a bad fall, or twisted it some how? Any previous history of knee trauma? Arthroscopic surgery? If the knee was previously damaged, then the repetitive motion of cycling may cause fluid to build up. If you have no prior history, then there might be a problem. Either way, go see the doc, get it drained and get back on the bike.
05-21-09, 09:11 AM
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Well, when I was a fatter man than I am now (started at 260 now 203) my knee caps were growing out of the center of my knees. I thought everything was all better since I've worked the muscles the dr. told me to work. Draining a knee?!? That sounds terrible :-( I haven't wrecked on a bike since I was like 10 so I think contusion is out. Hmm, could pumping ass against a serious headwind on a tight time schedule rip anything? I did that 2 nights ago when I was the cook for some guests of ours when I had an unexpected flat tire after work. But I didn't feel any pain until this morning.
05-21-09, 09:31 AM
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If you had torn something, you would have felt it, so that is out. Since you didn't run into anything or crash, a contusion is probably out as well. It sounds like a bursitis (inflammation of a fluid filled sack just above the knee cap). Slap an ice bag on it for about 20 minutes twice a day for a few days, and it will probably be gone in a week.
Just a though.
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p.s. The above is in no way medical advice or to be considered as such.
Just a though.
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p.s. The above is in no way medical advice or to be considered as such.
05-21-09, 09:43 AM
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I think it is obvious what is going to happen.
I suggest having a flamethrower ready when the time has come.
I suggest having a flamethrower ready when the time has come.
05-21-09, 10:27 AM
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If you had torn something, you would have felt it, so that is out. Since you didn't run into anything or crash, a contusion is probably out as well. It sounds like a bursitis (inflammation of a fluid filled sack just above the knee cap). Slap an ice bag on it for about 20 minutes twice a day for a few days, and it will probably be gone in a week.
Just a though.
D
p.s. The above is in no way medical advice or to be considered as such.
Just a though.
D
p.s. The above is in no way medical advice or to be considered as such.
05-21-09, 11:59 AM
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see a doctor?
stay off the bike for now
stay off the bike for now
