Learned something about myself today

I have been having knee problems for a couple years - every since I went skiing with the kids. The knee would get better and worse and lately its been worse. I also noticed my hips seemed to be aching more than usual lately too. Well I've officially hit my mid 50s and things aren't working like they were 5-10 years and I don't want to be crippled up in 10 years.

Made a doctor's appointment and told him my symptoms. He ordered and Xray on my knee and for good measure my hips too.

After the Xrays he comes in and asks me if I was ever in a bad wreck and how long ago it happened. Never been in a bad wreck, he tells me that its obvious my pelvis has been broken in two spots and there are massive chunks of bone where it knitted back together. He said as ugly as it grew back together he said it was possible it had never been treated by the North American medical system. I told him I couldn't remember ever being hurt to the degree he described - let alone limping around for months afterwards while it healed. He said he was sending the Xrays off for an official reading and would probably send them on to a specialist. Until he had some good advice he was going to wait with any kind of treatment. The only thing I could think of was I was possibly dropped as an infant and then just screamed for a month or two and it was written off as just being a fussy baby.

So much for thinking I was healthy.

Folks tell me that my Mom rocked me to sleep, Sometimes I think she she should have used smaller rocks

My grandmother used to say that any babyworth their salt would roll off the bed before they were a year old. Maybe you landed a little hard

If you are pretty sure you never broke it maybe seek a new Doc.

Are you sure they are your xrays?

I think a second opinion would be in order at this point, with new xrays.

Doc says I broke my back playing football. I never played. So I ask about a small ski jump may be 10 inches high made from ice? Mom carried me to the chiropractor when I was in the sixth grade. He sald a cast for six weeks would have fixed me. At 45 it was a year off work for surgery.

Small clinic - xrays went straight from the tech to the doctor. I kind of figured the tech was seeing something because he took about 4 xrays - looked at them then got me in a couple different positions to take some more. He also asked if I'd been in a car wreck...

I got a little afraid he was seeing something more ominous - like a great big cancer similar to the one killed my dad at my age.

I'm not sure its never been broke - there's not a lot I remember of my first two years of life. And from all accounts that was a pretty rough time in our household.

Sounds like you have great insurance and the doctor knows it!

I think my back was damaged for falling down stairs as a youngster.

I was dropped on my head several times as a youngster. Thank goodness there was no long term damage .....

My 13 year-old son is currently recovering from a broken pelvis that occurred during a sledding accident. What I have seen is that you would DEFINITELY know if you broke your pelvis. It may depend partially where on your pelvis the break occurred, but for him, he needed 24-hour care for the first 3 weeks. He could not sit up or get up off the couch/bed on his own. He could not sit on a toilet (or chair) for at least 4 weeks. The doctor said the healing process takes 3 months. He's currently undergoing 6-8 weeks of physical therapy. The doctor also said that it's very rare for children to break their pelvis.

No matter what there should be a biopsy made of the area that is showing up as repaired. The lack of knowledge of any physical damage convinces me that a different cause may be involved. Jim

Broke my pelvis years ago. Local surgeon didn't think he could fix me so sent X-rays to Mayo Clinic to a specialist there. He said don't bother sending him here, nothing we can fix. So next morning surgeon comes in with a tool bag and pulls out a cordless drill. He drilled a hole through my leg and put a rod through it. Cut the rod off with a bolt cutters. He then tied a rope around the rod and hung a pulley off the end of the bed. Put 30 lbs of weight on it and said don't go anywhere. Laid there like that for 3 weeks till it healed enough I could start to walk again. Hasn't bother since.

Why is it automatically the doctor trying to perpetrate a scam?

Telling someone that they've broken their hip in two places when they really haven't is SERIOUS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. Easy to prove with a second opinion (not saying anything about the other doctor's findings to the second doctor). If the second doctor finds no hip damage, then the first one will lose his license or at the very least is in some serious hot water.

Abusive/neglectful parents exist. He may well be right, that he was dropped (or even beaten) as a baby and his hip got broken.

It's not always "shaft unto others before they shaft unto you."

I hope they can figure out a way to get you fixed up. I dont know where medical procedures are going in the future But I am glad I live in these modern times where we can have our skeletal ailments repaired. Maybe not repaired to like new condition but at least made functional again. Keep us posted on what the doctors decide to do.

I broke the upper end of the big bone on my left leg when I was 13 They put leg in a cast with a pin thru the knee. I was in traction for weeks. Leg was good for years but now 60 years later it is giving problems. It does have a lot of miles on it

I think that your handle tells the story. Are you from Quebec?

NE Kansas.

In football an apposing coach screamed something about me being like a hockeygoon after I took out two QBs in two consecutive plays. The rest of junior high and and all
of high school I was either Hockeygoon or Goon.