The only supplements I take are calcium, vit D3, Biotin, and Osteo BiFlex. The BiFlex is supposed to be for joints.
The doctor thinks I am knock-kneed. And I do wear my shoes out on the insides first. But walking that way puts pressure on the insides of my legs and joints....my knees. And because I am fairly consistent in my walking (few days off and I've really upped my mileage in the last several weeks by doing the extra steps every hour and the extra floors at home), it all puts pressure on joints. He says there's nothing wrong with walking 3 miles a day, instead of 8 or 9, largely because of my age, too.
As for the Prednisone, he said to take it with lunch, not at night. For some people (and I'm one of them), it can give people the jitters and then they don't sleep well. Lunch is better than at night. With the Tramadol, we're not sure if I can even take it because of my allergy to a lot of meds now. I don't want to spend the money and then not be able take the Tramadol because my face swells up. Or, god forbid, my throat swells up. That's why I'm so leery with meds. I took Prednisone before and it was OK, other than my hair falling out about 7-8 months later! The Prednisone is for one week.
He's pushing the knee brace because he thinks it's a good idea for me to have it on hand (for future episodes of knee pain). Evidently, he thinks it'll probably happen again. Because I walk too much.
So...in the last eight years or so, I've had a repaired meniscus in my left knee, a tendon that started to separate from the bone in my right foot, severe shin splints in both legs, sciatica in the pirifomis muscle in my left butt, and now an inflamed meniscus in my right knee. I've had PT for the tendon, PT for the shin pain, PT for the sciatica, and may be looking at PT for the meniscus in my right knee. All of these things happened because I walk. Every single one of them. Not to mention the hair loss that might be related to Prednisone. It's enough to make me seriously considering stopping my walks completely. I'm tired of being in pain and I'm tired of dealing with all the crap.
Sorry, but I'm really depressed.....I'll get over it.
The doctor thinks I am knock-kneed. And I do wear my shoes out on the insides first. But walking that way puts pressure on the insides of my legs and joints....my knees. And because I am fairly consistent in my walking (few days off and I've really upped my mileage in the last several weeks by doing the extra steps every hour and the extra floors at home), it all puts pressure on joints. He says there's nothing wrong with walking 3 miles a day, instead of 8 or 9, largely because of my age, too.
As for the Prednisone, he said to take it with lunch, not at night. For some people (and I'm one of them), it can give people the jitters and then they don't sleep well. Lunch is better than at night. With the Tramadol, we're not sure if I can even take it because of my allergy to a lot of meds now. I don't want to spend the money and then not be able take the Tramadol because my face swells up. Or, god forbid, my throat swells up. That's why I'm so leery with meds. I took Prednisone before and it was OK, other than my hair falling out about 7-8 months later! The Prednisone is for one week.
He's pushing the knee brace because he thinks it's a good idea for me to have it on hand (for future episodes of knee pain). Evidently, he thinks it'll probably happen again. Because I walk too much.
So...in the last eight years or so, I've had a repaired meniscus in my left knee, a tendon that started to separate from the bone in my right foot, severe shin splints in both legs, sciatica in the pirifomis muscle in my left butt, and now an inflamed meniscus in my right knee. I've had PT for the tendon, PT for the shin pain, PT for the sciatica, and may be looking at PT for the meniscus in my right knee. All of these things happened because I walk. Every single one of them. Not to mention the hair loss that might be related to Prednisone. It's enough to make me seriously considering stopping my walks completely. I'm tired of being in pain and I'm tired of dealing with all the crap.
Sorry, but I'm really depressed.....I'll get over it.