Chronic knee pain down to ankle
Hello. No question, but I'd like to share something that I think will be of interest to many. I've had terrible knee pain down through my shins to my ankles. X-rays show mild arthritis so my osteo docs just pass me on. Sent to back doc who suggested a double laminotomy even though I denied pain from my back down. Of course the surgery didn't do anything.
Long story short...I put my symptoms into AI and came up with leg discrepancy. My left leg is shorter than the right. My right knee and hip are worse than left. I placed an insert into my left shoe and almost immediately the pain lessened. I went to my podiatrist with a letter AI wrote for me and she said YES...that is very likely the cause of my chronic pain and the reason my feet are the way they are. Years of imbalance!!!! I'm waiting for an appointment for a Scannogram to measure exactly how much shorter my left side is and if it could be caused by my severe scoliosis or was the scoliosis caused by the difference. I will take the results to my podiatrist to have the correct inserts made or suggested for me. I am so thankful for AI and hopeful I have finally found the reason for my pain.
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I saw a different rheumatologist yesterday. He spent an hour going over everything. Long story short...I have CPPD, pseudo gout. Apparently it was on an MRI done years ago but no one bothered to mention it to me and all of the doctors ignored it.
The pseudo gout likely caused the severe scoliosis which caused the leg discrepancy and it's damaged many areas of my 71 year old body. It is definitely in my right knee (the most painful one). He is starting me on colchicine, low dose, which should start getting the inflammation down. Still no results from my leg discrepancy study.
I asked a couple of doctors over the years if I could possibly have pseudo gout and they said no. No tests, no nothing, just no. I finally have a doctor that took the time to actually go over my scans and labs.
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