I dislocated my knee yesterday. Was walking through a corriodor in my clinic at work, must have turned awkardly and there was a sickening crunch. I have never felt such pain, and I had a 9 lb baby. I fell on the floor and when I looked at my knee my knee cap was sat on the lateral aspect of my leg -definately not where it should be.
I remember thinking oh that shouldnt be there and that really hurts and I pushed it back - OWWWWWW. If I thought dislocating was painful putting it back was 10 times as bad. So I sat there for a while feeling very sick and in lots of pain; Fortunatley my house officer was in clinic with me and he was absolutely fantastic.
Took me a good 10 minutes to get off the floor, and then had an xray which showed nothing broken. Spent the next few hours in A and E and now have a rigid splint and have been told minimal walking until I go to fracture clinic next week.
Now have any of you guys had any experience of how long it takes this type of injury to heal, I know that back to full fitness may be months, but the reason I ask is because I am doing a big charity event the first week of July which is only 4 and a half weeks away, I will need to be able to manage the weight of my motorcycle and I am getting a bit worried if I am going to be able to do it.
