i totally agree that a doc visit is most needed right know just to even begin to try and figure out the true source(s) of the pain generator. doing an X ray to start would at least show the more solid/boney structures with that knee, but to really truely obtain the very best in depth look INTO that entire kneee would be definitely a good MRI done on it. this was the ONLY thing that truely showed the much deeper and the outter damage i had done to my knee overall(much much worse than i assumed it was actually)?
but just getting in to even see that doc will at least get that diagsnosis here much sooner vs later. he also needs some good Rxed types of either anti inflammatory types of meds or possibly some form of actual narcotic to at the very least be allowed to take at bed time. i think everyones pain pretty much gets worse at night since you simply have no real way of distracting yourself FROM that pain? but DO get the kneee fully evaled and tested in order to even find the underlying problem. there just CAN be sooo many different types of 'knee problems' or conditons that all have to be ruled out? this just IS one of the bigger more involved types of actual "load bearing joints" that even when we are even simply walking at all, really does take a good amount of a 'hit' kind of "back into itself"? so even simple wear and tear types of damage usually just done over many years or course of yopur job too(some of this was what i also was found to have esp the back of my kneecap which was basically shredded and needed clearing) can seriously end up creating both knee and ankle issues too. but DO start with that appt with his primary and get this all rolling soon.
hopefully things are not too overly bad, and if anything actually needs any surgical intervention, it will all be able to be done arthroscopically, which is all done using tiny little cuts with a camera inserted and tiny little tools doing the work in there? they can do some pretty amazing types of repairs this way. good luck and please do keep us all posted, FB
