What is wrong with my knee?
Last year I began to experience swelling in my right knee. I thought it was an injury of some type. I went to a sports medicine doctor for hel. they x-rayed my knee and did an MRI. Both showed no structural damage to the knee at all. I was then refered to an arthritis specialit in the same office. I tried several drugs for the treatment of arthritis and all the anti-inflamatory drugs avialable. Nothing helped. I have had 2 surgeries o clean out the senovium and to do tissue biobsy's. Still nothing showed up! I sit here today, barely able to walk because of the pain and swelling in my right knee. I was aving it drained once a week and getting about 60 to 100cc's of fluid each time. Sometimes it was bloody other times it was just cloudy. My white blood cell count is usually over 45,000, although it has been lower at times. Finally we thought we had found the solution. I was diagnosed with hepatitis C and my doctor had heard of cases where people with Hepaitis C had joint swelling. I began treatment for hepatits C. There was an initial change and my knee began to feel better, but shortly after that the swelling and pain returned as bad as ever. I'm not sure what the hell is wrong with me. I do not have arthritis and I do not have an infection. The hep C is gone, but my knee still remains a problem. Like I said, I can hardly walk ad I'm on crutches 1/3 of te time. I am angry at medical science and my doctor. To make matters worse, my insurance company is trying to get out of paying my bills by declaring me in-elidgible for the policy after the fact. I have over 50K in medical bills that are unpaid and a life that has been destroyed because of my lack of mobility. If there's a God, I sure wish he would help me get better! Robert
From: Robert F - daisydaisy@comcast.net
From:
Robert - daisydaisy@comcast.net
