I’m a 19F, 5’7, 130 pounds, and I use to smoke socially but I don’t anymore. No medications as of right now and no medical issues that really relate.
It’s been awhile since I’ve been to the doctor for multiple reasons, however since the past month I’ve been experiencing extreme knee pain in my left knee, this pain has persisted for years on and off ever since I was around 13 (however the pain has never been this severe). When I was around 14 I finally went to my pcp and she just told me It’s probably just a torn tendon so she sent me to physical therapy, It never helped. I went back a few times for other reasons and mentioned the pain as well as my family’s history of CPPD, (Dad, Grandpa) She told me if it is some kind of arthritis there’s nothing she can do and that I should just take some ibuprofen. The pain isn’t the only problem though, I don’t really have full mobility around that area, the mobility issues aren’t too bad, I can run, mostly jump ect, but it’s not totally consistent and sometimes I have to walk with a limp because it feels like I can’t straight my knee, and every night I have to sleep with it slightly bent because it just won’t stay straight, I couldn’t even lock it if I wanted to. With this and the pain progressing to the point where I have periods where it feels like someone’s taking a sledge hammer to my knee, I don’t know what to do. I don’t even know how to ask at this point because it feels like I’m not taken seriously because i’m young. Any advice would help.