So off she went.. the thing at the back of her knee, which she now knows to be a Baker's Cyst has grown and is inflamed, so too are her bursitis.. her Supra patellar bursa and Infra patellar bursa. Two bursa equals bursitis. How veryvery boring, but, at least now she is able to sleep with her newly found knowledge of pain management!
Ginger powder, who knew, did you? She doesn't like taking pain killers and will only take them if absolutely necessary and then, only the weakest dosage possible. So when she read that powdered ginger* will cope with pain as well as a 400mg pill of Ibuprofen without any of the side effects (and you cannot overdose on it).. well, she was a very happy camper!
Turning over in bed, when your kneecap is behaving badly, is an extraordinarily complicated and painful manoeuvre but having found that powdered ginger does the trick, she has slept the sleep of angels for the past couple of nights by drinking a large teaspoonful of powdered ginger stirred into warm water just before she goes to sleep.
However, she was in pain when she woke this morning and looked at her knee, even from above it looked decidely dodgy, luckily she had an appointment booked with her GP about something completely different and told her doctor this when she went in.
"Ok, well let's look at these naughty knees, goodness me, I see what you mean, the left one is looking very swollen and I am not surprised you find it painful and.. you have a Baker's Cyst at the back as well.. ok, off you go, let's have them both xray'ed and see what they are up to, I also want you to have an ultrasound on that left knee but that won't be through for a couple of weeks at least".
"I know about the Polio when you were young, has anyone done x-rays of them before, because you are now of an age when things might start to happen, so this is another reason why we should have a look and see what is going on in there".
"No gardening.. I don't want you traipsing about on uneven ground and wrenching that knee and use escalators whenever possible.. use this anti-flamatory gel three times a day that I am giving you a prescription for but don't take Ibuprofen, yes, absolutely you can use ginger as pain relief, it will get you through the night and is much kinder on the body".
With that, she thanked her doctor, made a follow-up appointment for next week to review the xrays, left the surgery and caught a bus to Chelsea and Westminster hospital to have them x-rayed.
She had a book with her but didn't have to wait for very long before they called her in but she had enough time to read two short stories out of Joanne Harris's collection of short stories called 'A Cat, a Hat and a Piece of String. One of which is what the next post will be about.
She came home in time for lunch, that was a nice surprise, raw vegetables with some wonderfully ripe fruit.. slurp.. who doesn't like a fat and juicy mango?
GeeGee Parrot.
February 7th, 2017.
PostScript: *Dr. Michael Greger's book called 'How Not to Die'.
Ginger powder, who knew, did you? She doesn't like taking pain killers and will only take them if absolutely necessary and then, only the weakest dosage possible. So when she read that powdered ginger* will cope with pain as well as a 400mg pill of Ibuprofen without any of the side effects (and you cannot overdose on it).. well, she was a very happy camper!
Turning over in bed, when your kneecap is behaving badly, is an extraordinarily complicated and painful manoeuvre but having found that powdered ginger does the trick, she has slept the sleep of angels for the past couple of nights by drinking a large teaspoonful of powdered ginger stirred into warm water just before she goes to sleep.
However, she was in pain when she woke this morning and looked at her knee, even from above it looked decidely dodgy, luckily she had an appointment booked with her GP about something completely different and told her doctor this when she went in.
"Ok, well let's look at these naughty knees, goodness me, I see what you mean, the left one is looking very swollen and I am not surprised you find it painful and.. you have a Baker's Cyst at the back as well.. ok, off you go, let's have them both xray'ed and see what they are up to, I also want you to have an ultrasound on that left knee but that won't be through for a couple of weeks at least".
"I know about the Polio when you were young, has anyone done x-rays of them before, because you are now of an age when things might start to happen, so this is another reason why we should have a look and see what is going on in there".
"No gardening.. I don't want you traipsing about on uneven ground and wrenching that knee and use escalators whenever possible.. use this anti-flamatory gel three times a day that I am giving you a prescription for but don't take Ibuprofen, yes, absolutely you can use ginger as pain relief, it will get you through the night and is much kinder on the body".
With that, she thanked her doctor, made a follow-up appointment for next week to review the xrays, left the surgery and caught a bus to Chelsea and Westminster hospital to have them x-rayed.
She had a book with her but didn't have to wait for very long before they called her in but she had enough time to read two short stories out of Joanne Harris's collection of short stories called 'A Cat, a Hat and a Piece of String. One of which is what the next post will be about.
She came home in time for lunch, that was a nice surprise, raw vegetables with some wonderfully ripe fruit.. slurp.. who doesn't like a fat and juicy mango?
GeeGee Parrot.
February 7th, 2017.
PostScript: *Dr. Michael Greger's book called 'How Not to Die'.
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