Battleangel | Personal

Must be my lucky week. So I start feeling a slight pinch in my left knee last Monday, after having been out walking and within 48 hours the knee is almost completely immobilized, stiff and swollen. No particular pain to speak of at least when leg isn’t used, no redness and no heat in the joint.

Best guess so far is reactive arthritis of some sort. Or possibly lyme disease, which can also give a sort of arthritis in late stages. Some sort of bacteria at any rate.

I did NSAID for a couple of days but have to cease due to limited kidney function. Don’t know if they helped or if it’s rest or a natural development but swelling has gone down over the weekend. ESR and in particular CRP have improved greatly since Friday. White blood cell count remains normal, suggesting at least that this is no simple infection like I originally thought. I was fooled by the fact that I feel like I’m infected by a cold or a slight influenza. A bit groggy, fatigued, very slight headache that comes and goes, a general feverish feeling. No actual fever though, checked multiple times. Might have fooled myself there because hands seem a bit colder than usual. Sounds like lyme doesn’t it? Or a case of hypochondria. Haha. But it’s funny cause I’ve been unusually light sensitive in the last couple of months. Did a test for lyme this morning at any rate. Detection seems slow and dodgy though so I don’t know.