Comments on: Unexplained Pain http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unexplained-pain The Web’s Leading Military Blog Since 2004 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:29:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39999 Adam Thu, 21 Feb 2008 02:26:51 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39999 I've spent over twenty years of Soldiering through pain, but if you are not careful, there is a price to pay for neglecting your health. My first lesson was shortly after I ETSed in the late 1980s. I had knee problems that were treated with therapy and pain killers from the military medical staff. The ligament damage had been overlooked and my knee eventually collapsed. It took four screws and a tendon to repair my knee. I've also recently suffered another knee injury with similar symptoms as yours. I can't identify the particular incident that caused the pain, but a tumor was discovered in my knee on an MRI. BLUF: The Army is great, but we have to put our hooah attitude aside and take care of our bodies, because one day we will leave the Army. I wish I would have put my ego aside when I was 20 years old. I could have avoided a knee injury that has forever changed me. I’ve spent over twenty years of Soldiering through pain, but if you are not careful, there is a price to pay for neglecting your health. My first lesson was shortly after I ETSed in the late 1980s. I had knee problems that were treated with therapy and pain killers from the military medical staff. The ligament damage had been overlooked and my knee eventually collapsed. It took four screws and a tendon to repair my knee. I’ve also recently suffered another knee injury with similar symptoms as yours. I can’t identify the particular incident that caused the pain, but a tumor was discovered in my knee on an MRI.

BLUF: The Army is great, but we have to put our hooah attitude aside and take care of our bodies, because one day we will leave the Army. I wish I would have put my ego aside when I was 20 years old. I could have avoided a knee injury that has forever changed me.

]]> By: SK http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39984 SK Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:55:23 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39984 Ha! Even I didn't need 4" sawed off my cane!! lol Ha! Even I didn’t need 4″ sawed off my cane!! lol

]]> By: Donna http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39975 Donna Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:01:31 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39975 CJ, I hope that your leg gets better soon and they find out the trouble. I too couldn't help but laugh about the sawing of the cane, please forgive me! Also your last comment gave me a huge laugh. You know that my husband had a back injury and strangely enough, his pain went way too with sex. Do you suppose that it's a conspiracy Ha! :) Anyway, get well soon CJ and please take care of yourself ! Prayers coming your way! CJ,
I hope that your leg gets better soon and they find out the trouble. I too couldn’t help but laugh about the sawing of the cane, please forgive me! Also your last comment gave me a huge laugh. You know that my husband had a back injury and strangely enough, his pain went way too with sex. Do you suppose that it’s a conspiracy Ha! :)

Anyway, get well soon CJ and please take care of yourself ! Prayers coming your way!

]]> By: Terri http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39972 Terri Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:56:51 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39972 I had a chuckle when I got to the part about having to saw off 4 inches of the cane. A certain someone in Las Vegas would really get a kick out of her favorite "vertically challenged" 1SG having to have his cane adjusted. LOL! I won't touch the last comment except to say that you and SNAFU have apparently been conspiring. Seriously CJ, take care of yourself and keep us posted on what the outcome of your MRI is. You'll be in our thoughts. I had a chuckle when I got to the part about having to saw off 4 inches of the cane. A certain someone in Las Vegas would really get a kick out of her favorite “vertically challenged” 1SG having to have his cane adjusted. LOL! I won’t touch the last comment except to say that you and SNAFU have apparently been conspiring.

Seriously CJ, take care of yourself and keep us posted on what the outcome of your MRI is. You’ll be in our thoughts.

]]> By: Grumpy http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39971 Grumpy Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:26:46 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39971 CJ, I can really relate to you about canes. I had real bad time with seizures in Nov '99. Riding in cars was out because, for me, it caused seizures. I was on medication and the seizures SEEMED like they were under control. Nov '99, my body had a FLASH message for me, WRONG! I had taken a long walk and was trying to get home I went down on concrete many times. I had a long walking staff at that time with a crutch type tip. After replaying this process many times, I was able to get home. I just laid down on the bed and went to sleep. Say I went to sleep, mid afternoon Monday, I woke up in the evening of Wednesday. People who have keys to the house came over when they heard about it, they tried but could not fully wake me up. I would wake up a little and they asked a series of questions, which I answered correctly. They would let me go back to sleep. They decided to call the VA and 911, I wound up in the local hospital to be stabilized and then sent to the nearest VA Medical Center. I had a really neat doctor. I DO NOT GET ALONG WITH DOCTORS! He had a sense of humor. When I was being released, the issue about a cane came up. My response, "Sir, if you don't mind I would prefer the staff. It is longer, stronger and is a self-adjusting cane." He accepted my suggestion and I was discharged from the hospital. When I got home, friends saw me up and about, we all talked. I have a small group Viet Nam era vets who are friends and have been for 50 years. We all went into the Military at the same time. There was this one day in the winter time, there was ice and snow all over the place. Yes, I went out in it. I have a set of elastic straps, with studs on the bottom for walking on ice. After cleaning a path out, I was walking and one of these vets came out and yelled, "Moses, deliver us from this stuff!" At the time, I had a full beard. I responded, "You know better than that, it just doesn't work that way. I figure you have already done this, but if not, please consider it. Make sure your health care provider is aware of the events noted in your 23 Mar 2003 post. This benefits you, your family, the troops serving with you and the Nation. Honesty and transparency is paramount. As I have read your posts you have been straight forward. I have made many mistakes. I just don't want you make the same ones. Grumpy CJ, I can really relate to you about canes. I had real bad time with seizures in Nov ’99. Riding in cars was out because, for me, it caused seizures. I was on medication and the seizures SEEMED like they were under control. Nov ’99, my body had a FLASH message for me, WRONG! I had taken a long walk and was trying to get home I went down on concrete many times. I had a long walking staff at that time with a crutch type tip. After replaying this process many times, I was able to get home. I just laid down on the bed and went to sleep. Say I went to sleep, mid afternoon Monday, I woke up in the evening of Wednesday. People who have keys to the house came over when they heard about it, they tried but could not fully wake me up. I would wake up a little and they asked a series of questions, which I answered correctly. They would let me go back to sleep. They decided to call the VA and 911, I wound up in the local hospital to be stabilized and then sent to the nearest VA Medical Center. I had a really neat doctor. I DO NOT GET ALONG WITH DOCTORS! He had a sense of humor. When I was being released, the issue about a cane came up. My response, “Sir, if you don’t mind I would prefer the staff. It is longer, stronger and is a self-adjusting cane.” He accepted my suggestion and I was discharged from the hospital.

When I got home, friends saw me up and about, we all talked. I have a small group Viet Nam era vets who are friends and have been for 50 years. We all went into the Military at the same time. There was this one day in the winter time, there was ice and snow all over the place. Yes, I went out in it. I have a set of elastic straps, with studs on the bottom for walking on ice. After cleaning a path out, I was walking and one of these vets came out and yelled, “Moses, deliver us from this stuff!” At the time, I had a full beard. I responded, “You know better than that, it just doesn’t work that way.

I figure you have already done this, but if not, please consider it. Make sure your health care provider is aware of the events noted in your 23 Mar 2003 post. This benefits you, your family, the troops serving with you and the Nation. Honesty and transparency is paramount. As I have read your posts you have been straight forward. I have made many mistakes. I just don’t want you make the same ones.

Grumpy

]]> By: CJ http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39964 CJ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:22:41 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39964 Isaac, check the war journal archives. Here's a shortcut to actual post: http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2005/03/23/23-march-2003-the-day-of-my-back-injury/ Isaac, check the war journal archives. Here’s a shortcut to actual post:
http://www.soldiersperspective.us/2005/03/23/23-march-2003-the-day-of-my-back-injury/

]]> By: Tracy http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39963 Tracy Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:59:08 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39963 Ouch CJ! I hope the find the cause of your pain and are able to treat it. LOL on sawing inches off the cane~I come from a family of "vertically challenged" people (at 5'3" I was taller than both my paternal grandparents!) so I know what ya mean! Ouch CJ! I hope the find the cause of your pain and are able to treat it.

LOL on sawing inches off the cane~I come from a family of “vertically challenged” people (at 5’3″ I was taller than both my paternal grandparents!) so I know what ya mean!

]]> By: Carole http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39962 Carole Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:17:15 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39962 I hope you feel better soon CJ. I hope you feel better soon CJ.

]]> By: Isaac http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39960 Isaac Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:50:05 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39960 What happened to you in Iraq CJ? Anyway, I hope you get better soon. What happened to you in Iraq CJ?

Anyway, I hope you get better soon.

]]> By: Miss Ladybug http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39959 Miss Ladybug Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:11:25 +0000 http://militarygear.com/asp/2008/02/18/unexplained-pain/#comment-39959 Hope the pain is easily and permanently remedied, CJ. And you are so naughty - just wait 'til Emily sees what you said... Hope the pain is easily and permanently remedied, CJ. And you are so naughty – just wait ’til Emily sees what you said…

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