I suppose that wasn't a very nice way to express myself, but that's how I feel.

I asked my PT to concentrate on whatever is causing so much pain in my left hip down to my foot. That's also the side with a bad knee...x-ray showed the kneecap off it's base and lots of arthritis. I was told, at the time, that an MRI might show a torn meniscus, but I wasn't ready to hear that so I've just suffered with the knee pain.

I didn't tell my PT that I've noticed swelling in my knee and ankle, but she said that my SI joint is frozen and I have swelling and fluid around it. Any movement she did with my leg was torture. My knee is really bad and I can feel lots of swelling behind it. Even wearing loose socks, leaves marks on my legs

In order to work, I have to put my weight on my right leg or I couldn't stand through a haircut so my right side is really feeling it. It was right hip pain that woke me yesterday at midnight...for the day.

She's going to send a report to my neglectful doc in hopes of her taking this pain seriously and possibly letting me do a steroid taper to calm this down. I doubt my doc will do a thing until my appt. on the 18th, anyway. I feel terribly unimportant to my doc. AND...if she dares to say this is Fibro, I won't be responsible for my reaction!

I have had enough of killing myself with working in this much pain...but what option do I have? None...

Cluck..cluck...grrr...snarl. Yes, hens snarl when they're really mad!