Medical Issues

[KUTradition]

Fingers crossed for a good recovery for you twocoach.

[jhawks99]

Just got back home from back surgery. Outpatient microdiscectomy to remove a chunk of stuff that had been pressing on a nerve. Loopy doopy still but functioning. Nice to be out of the hospital and back in my comfy bed. Time for some good tunes and nap time. Rock Chalk.

Bourbon, you forgot bourbon.

Hope it went well.

[Shirley]

Sorry to learn this twocoach, but hopefully you're now on the mend.

It must have been miserable, as you had said in a previous post, because nobody chooses to have back surgery unless they have to.

I'll be hoping for the best for you, and a speedy recovery.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Hey Toni (Kukoc/twocoach) - Glad you got yourself taken care of and hopefully the surgery went well.
In honor of you and your surgery I present to you some on topic Berman.

[ChalkRocker]

Just got back home from back surgery. Outpatient microdiscectomy to remove a chunk of stuff that had been pressing on a nerve. Loopy doopy still but functioning. Nice to be out of the hospital and back in my comfy bed. Time for some good tunes and nap time. Rock Chalk.

Only just now saw this. Best wishes for a speedy recovery and excellent outcome.

[Sparko]

Any surgery is tough. I am grateful all went well!

[Shirley]

I wasn't sure whether or not to post this here, but it's good news, and who can't use some of that.

Hope you're improving, twocoach?

The more I see of him, the better I like him.

Rep Raskin's son committed suicide within the last couple of years, and then not long afterward he was diagnosed with cancer.

Let's hope the wind is at your back now, Jamie.

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., has officially finished his chemotherapy, announcing on Twitter that his cancer is in remission. He celebrated by ringing the bell at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

[Sparko]

Raskin would be my choice as President, honestly.

[twocoach]

I wasn't sure whether or not to post this here, but it's good news, and who can't use some of that.

Hope you're improving, twocoach?

The more I see of him, the better I like him.

Rep Raskin's son committed suicide within the last couple of years, and then not long afterward he was diagnosed with cancer.

Let's hope the wind is at your back now, Jamie.

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., has officially finished his chemotherapy, announcing on Twitter that his cancer is in remission. He celebrated by ringing the bell at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.

Headed the right direction; thanks to all of you for your thoughts and well wishes.

No parent should ever have to bury their child; my hat is off to anyone who can find a way to function in a positive manner after that. To add lymphoma on top of that is just cruel. Raskin seems to be intelligent and competent and has long been a champion of legalizing marijuana and for same-sex marriage. It will be interesting to see how his political career plays out over the next 10 years.

[jfish26]

For the second time in a month or so, I woke up with my right foot/ankle feeling just...wrong. Walking very gingerly, one stair at a time, etc. It feels (in both cases) like I sprained it a week ago...but of course I didn't. It's been several years since the last time I rolled the ankle etc.

Any ideas? Arthritis maybe? I'm just confused, I can't think of any recent injury, it's not swelling. Last time it was pretty much better the next day and then felt normal the day after that.

I wouldn't think you can sleep wrong on a foot, but who knows.

[pdub]

[TDub]

For the second time in a month or so, I woke up with my right foot/ankle feeling just...wrong. Walking very gingerly, one stair at a time, etc. It feels (in both cases) like I sprained it a week ago...but of course I didn't. It's been several years since the last time I rolled the ankle etc.

Any ideas? Arthritis maybe? I'm just confused, I can't think of any recent injury, it's not swelling. Last time it was pretty much better the next day and then felt normal the day after that.

I wouldn't think you can sleep wrong on a foot, but who knows.

you've gotta be pushing 40 right?

I wake up like that many days. Old injuries? just the way it goes.

Ive got my left ankle that stiffens up often. I tore ligaments in it years ago and rolled it many times playing hoops. Ive got cartilage floating around in my right knee and a torn meniscus in that knee.....it will randomly just give out or get the cartilage pieces stuck and it stiffens up and hurts. My collarbone I broke gets super tender some days, got 3 ribs that I broke when I got wallop by a halfcut steer and pinned, they flare up and get tender.

Just age and life......usually if I keep moving and keep going they loosen up and get better. zworst thing you can do is sit and "rest it'....never helps me, that just lets the blood pool and make a tender spot swell and become more tender.

keep moving.....thats the best advice I got

[Sparko]

For the second time in a month or so, I woke up with my right foot/ankle feeling just...wrong. Walking very gingerly, one stair at a time, etc. It feels (in both cases) like I sprained it a week ago...but of course I didn't. It's been several years since the last time I rolled the ankle etc.

Any ideas? Arthritis maybe? I'm just confused, I can't think of any recent injury, it's not swelling. Last time it was pretty much better the next day and then felt normal the day after that.

I wouldn't think you can sleep wrong on a foot, but who knows.

Tendonitis secondary to your own immune system (arthritis) is possible. Could be Uric acid build-up based on a very rich diet or genetics. Gout.
Note: arthritis does tend to attack areas previously injured

[jfish26]

For the second time in a month or so, I woke up with my right foot/ankle feeling just...wrong. Walking very gingerly, one stair at a time, etc. It feels (in both cases) like I sprained it a week ago...but of course I didn't. It's been several years since the last time I rolled the ankle etc.

Any ideas? Arthritis maybe? I'm just confused, I can't think of any recent injury, it's not swelling. Last time it was pretty much better the next day and then felt normal the day after that.

I wouldn't think you can sleep wrong on a foot, but who knows.

you've gotta be pushing 40 right?

I wake up like that many days. Old injuries? just the way it goes.

Ive got my left ankle that stiffens up often. I tore ligaments in it years ago and rolled it many times playing hoops. Ive got cartilage floating around in my right knee and a torn meniscus in that knee.....it will randomly just give out or get the cartilage pieces stuck and it stiffens up and hurts. My collarbone I broke gets super tender some days, got 3 ribs that I broke when I got wallop by a halfcut steer and pinned, they flare up and get tender.

Just age and life......usually if I keep moving and keep going they loosen up and get better. zworst thing you can do is sit and "rest it'....never helps me, that just lets the blood pool and make a tender spot swell and become more tender.

keep moving.....thats the best advice I got

Pushing 40, yes. Just so weird, I injured this foot pretty badly five or six years ago, but it hasn't given me any trouble since.

[Shirley]

For the second time in a month or so, I woke up with my right foot/ankle feeling just...wrong. Walking very gingerly, one stair at a time, etc. It feels (in both cases) like I sprained it a week ago...but of course I didn't. It's been several years since the last time I rolled the ankle etc.

Any ideas? Arthritis maybe? I'm just confused, I can't think of any recent injury, it's not swelling. Last time it was pretty much better the next day and then felt normal the day after that.

I wouldn't think you can sleep wrong on a foot, but who knows.

Transient pain like what you describe can be difficult to diagnose without, and sometimes even with imaging it. TDub and Sparko have posited a number of likely possibilities.

Early osteoarthritis, (wear and tear/effects of gravity and aging) comes to mind, among the other things already mentioned. Ligaments that have been injured before and have scar tissue that gets stressed and inflamed when you've slept with the ankle in a weird position that become apparent when you then change to weight-bearing...

The good news is that it isn't likely a significant problem* since it goes away so quickly. But if it becomes more frequent or begins to last longer and especially if it limits your normal acivity, you should have someone take a look at it.


*I'm assuming since you mentioned there's no swelling that there isn't any redness or heat, and it isn't tender to the touch in one specific place, either, or you would have mentioned it...?

[jhawks99]

I used to get the gout. Could be it. Most guys get it in the big toe. I usually got it in my knees and sometimes my ankles. Once, both ankles at the same time. Ouch.

Hope you're better soon.

[pdub]

Could be just wear and tear from all the ankle breakers you put on randy here.

[Shirley]

Doesn't it say in...Leviticus, "...and if thy foot offend thee, cut it off"

or something?

[jfish26]

Could be just wear and tear from all the ankle breakers you put on randy here.

I do that sitting down, or even hanging from the monkey bars if I’m feeling cheeky.

[KUTradition]

Fish, sounds like you’ve got a case of “the olds”

welcome to the club