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To potentially waste NHS time?

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Dranktoomuchpepsi · 02/05/2020 19:22

Okay, so a few weeks ago I started running. One evening i came home and something didn't feel right at all. It was a pain in my right knee but it wasn't unbearable so I put it down to a being stretched too much and ignored it. The next day it was too bad to run on. I haven't run since.

After it had been a week, I phoned my GP and explained. He said it sounded like a pulled muscle and to rest it with ice. If still bad in another week, to call him back.

In the last 2 days it seems to have gotten so much worse, it sounds so ridiculous but when I move it I can sometimes hear a 'pop' and the sound and discomfort makes me feel unwell. It's awful.

AIBU to potentially waste NHS time and calm him back before the week is done, so before Friday? I have a 2 year old to look after and I have to brace myself with all the stairs etc.

OP posts:
Blondiecub0109 · 02/05/2020 20:50

Get it checked!

If you’re still BF, ligaments can still be very loose and your knee may not have been functioning as sturdy as it should have been.

BeingLonely · 02/05/2020 20:52

Speak to your GP on Monday but make sure your doing everything properly in the mean time , plenty of pain relief, resting it with ice or even trying ibuprofen gel

Bienentrinkwasser · 03/05/2020 07:51

www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/analgesics/

Naproxen is thought to be safe if you need it!

Dranktoomuchpepsi · 03/05/2020 13:46

Thank you. Will call again tomorrow. Woke up this morning and it feels like a bit of something is hanging on by a thread. So. Weird, like a detached feeling whilst I lift the leg itself

I hope GP can help tomorrow

OP posts:
Microzilla · 03/05/2020 16:30

Good luck for tomorrow OP. Sounds like a bit of cartilage might have come away or torn. Either that or a ligament or tendon tear perhaps. Definitely needs checking.

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