Unexplained Knee Pain - Please help

teresabell · 10-11-2009, 10:28 PM

I TOOK THESE QUESTIONS FROM AN OLD POST AND DECIDED THIS MIGHT HELP ME GET A BETTER ANSWER??

1. When did the pain begin? APPROX 1994

2. What were you doing at the time? Or did the pain come on gradually over time? SITTING ON AN AIRPLANE

3. Where, anatomically, is the pain? ABOVE AND OUTER SIDES OF KNEE CAP.

4. What does the pain feel like? Sharp? Dull? Aching? Stabbing? Shooting? ACHING

5. Is the pain constant, or intermittent, or only on certain motions? INTERMITTENT AND MOSTLY WHEN I AM SITTING STILL OR LAYING DOWN

6. What motions make your pain worse? STAYING STILL

7. What, if anything, makes your pain better? WALKING OR MOVING MY KNEES

8. Does your pain radiate to any other part of your body? NO

9. What things could you do before, that you cannot do now because of your injury? GO INTO A SITTING POSITION WITH EASE, COME UP FROM A SQUATTING POSITION OR FROM THE FLOOR

10. What is your main concern regarding the pain and its consequences? WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ME?

11. Have you ever injured that part of your body before? If so, how? NO

12. Is your pain getting worse over time? And if so, how much worse over what time period? AGAIN, INTERMITTANT - COMES AND GOES

BASICALLY, I AM 34 AND HAVE 3 YOUNG CHILDREN. I HAVE AUTOIMMUNE HASHIMOTOS (LOW THYROID AND HIGH THYROID ANTIBODIES), AND HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH FIBROMYALGIA. THE MANY DOCTORS THAT I HAVE SEEM SAY THAT MY KNEE PAIN IS NOT RELATED TO MY DISEASES. CAN ANYONE GIVE ME ANY DIRECTION OR ANSWERS? THEY WOULD BE MUCH APRPECIATED!!

THANK YOU!!