Knee Injury

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On Monday, March 28th, I had to do a day of heavy lifting at work. Being careful not to lift improperly and injure my back, I was extremely zealous about making sure my helpers and I were lifting from the knees, and not the back. Well lo and behold, by avoiding one problem I ended up causing another problem, because as the week went on, I noticed a pain in my right knee getting worse and worse. I finally went to our Risk Management Department, explained the situation and how the knee injury happened, and they agreed it was a workers compensation injury. I spent a good portion of the day at the doctor getting x-rays and MRI's on my knee, as well as the doctor poking and prodding and bending my knee in ways that I though weren't humanly possible. All I can say is, that after that, if my knee wasn't seriously injured it is now! They gave me a local steroid shot in my knee, a general steroid shot in my butt, and a painkiller shot in my arm, then slapped a knee brace on me and told me to come back in a week once the swelling was down so they could make a final determination of whether or not I need surgery. They also gave me a week's worth of steroid patches to place on my knee under the brace, so that the steroid would soak into my skin and into the knee tissue. Being examined by a doctor for a good portion of my workday was not how I envisioned spending my day at work, but at least the injury has been documented, approved as workers comp, and treated. Thank goodness today was National Beer Day! After my fun day, a beer or 10 was exactly what I needed! Anyone else out there suffered from knee injuries before? What was the prognosis and what had to be done to help your knee heal?