[Leica] Medical Advice

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Thanks!  I did go to my knee doctor and had new x-rays.  All is fine and he
wants to see me again in five years!  My car is still in the shop after a
month, though.

Tina

On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Charlie Chan <topoxforddoc at 
btinternet.com>wrote:

> Tina.
>
> It's very common for Motor vehicle accident victims to be very sore and
> bruised for days/weeks after the event. If you could walk on your knees
> immediately after the accident, you're unlikely to have done anything
> serious to your new joints. However if your inability to weight bear
> continues, then you'll need to see someone. In the meantime, take some
> non-steroidals (like Brufen), assuming you have no aspirin/non-steroidal
> allergy and assuming you don't have bad asthma.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Charlie Chan
> Cheltenham, UK
>
> topoxforddoc at btinternet.com
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>
>
>
> On 5 Jun 2010, at 10:02, Dennis wrote:
>
> > No MD here, but I hope you are feeling better soon. In any event, I agree
> with the advice of others to see a doctor right away and don't assume you
> are ok until at least a couple of weeks.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
> > Tina Manley wrote:
> >> I know there are lots of medical people on the LUG and I need some
> advice.
> >> I was in a wreck Monday - smashed from the rear into a dump truck in
> front
> >> - so two big jolts.  The car is several feet shorter.  At the time, I
> didn't
> >> think I was hurt at all.  Tom had whip lash.  Both of us had our seat
> belts
> >> on.  Today I can barely move.  All of my joints hurt so bad!  Nothing is
> >> bruised.  The only connection I can imagine to the wreck is a very sore
> >> shoulder from the seatbelt.  It's my artificial knees that hurt the
> most.  I
> >> can't put any weight on them, so I can't get up and down.  Is there
> >> something like residual soreness from an adrenaline rush?  I went back
> to
> >> Rock Hill and soaked in a jacuzzi for about an hour, but then I couldn't
> get
> >> out!  I was there by myself and it took me longer to get out than I
> spent
> >> soaking.
> >>
> >> I hope this will be gone tomorrow!!
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> Tina
> >>
> >>
> >
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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