Well that was perturbing

[davidgillon]

 I'm doing slightly better with sleeping this week, but still sleep-deprived to the point of being a shambling bundle of "SLEEP NOW!" when it catches up with me. So I'm not quite sure if this happened on going to bed (9PM-ish), in the middle of the night, or when I woke up at c4AM.

Whenever it was, I needed to go to the bathroom. My bed to the door of the bedroom is two to three paces, as I got to the door, my right knee collapsed under me. Not went a bit floppy, there was zero support from that leg, so I went down sideways like I'd tried to put weight on a leg that wasn't there anymore. I grabbed the doorpost with my right arm, and I must have been falling backwards, which turned it into a swing around through a whole 180 degrees towards the bookcase that's just inside the doorway.

I had time to think "This is going to hurt", and I was right, I took the edge of a bookshelf across both kidneys, I won't be surprised to find a bruise there, and I hit hard enough I was worried I was going to bring the whole thing down atop of me. Fortunately/unfortunately the thing is incredibly heavy, so didn't move, but nor was there any give in it.

Let's just say I sat there for several minutes before I could think of moving. I vaguely remember crawling through to the bathroom, I presume I crawled back to bed.

And this morning my bloody right knee is working fine. "Wot? Who? Me, guv? You got the wrong fella!".

I've paced it out, I have to have taken at least one pace on my right leg before it collapsed on the second one. Why?!?

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[sovay]

I've paced it out, I have to have taken at least one pace on my right leg before it collapsed on the second one. Why?!?

*hugs*

Ow!

[lilysea]

Eeek! :(

I had something similar happen a while ago - got out of bed, took a step, and one leg went ALL THE PAIN NO WAY IS WEIGHT BEARING HAPPENING

and I almost fell over - I had to grab the wall for support

The pain from just weight bearing one or two steps was so bad I thought I had a broken bone in my leg/knee

Rang the nurse direct line, they had no clue

and then after resting in bed for a few hours, it was fine again

My best guess for what happened to *me* is that my kneecap in that leg spontaneously dislocated, and then spontaneously popped back in again a few hours later

[davidgillon]

Subluxation, BTDT with my hip. This didn't feel the same - I felt my hip move whenever it happened, this was perfectly normal sensation until suddenly I was headed for the floor. Obviously no guarantee anyone else's joints work precisely the same.

[yhlee]

Oh man, feel better soonest?!

[davidgillon]

As I just told my mother, it never even reached the level of "Maybe I should take a paracetamol?"

My sister's reaction was to burst out laughing. She swore she was laughing at the way I was describing it, but sisters....

I'm slightly tight across where it hit, but I checked earlier and there's no visible bruising, so it's nothing serious.

[vass]

Yowch! I hope you're alright.

[davidgillon]

Pretty much completely okay as of this morning. I can tell where I got hit by the shelf in a couple of places, but that's it.

[lokifan]

!!!

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