Don't concern yourself too much with sketches and art, hon, spend time resting and taking care of that knee... I really do hope it's nothing serious, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you anyway. =(

I'm sorry to hear about your knee, I hope it gets better soon.

I really hope its just a sprain and you heal quickly Z.

It may be a dislocation if it's still hurting so bad. That's what my sources says it could be after explaining what happened and how you feel. I hope it's NOT a dislocation, though. I just hope you can get it checked out and taken care of relatively easily.

I ripped either the ACL or the PCL or both when I hurt my knee a few years ago. I havn't had surgery so thats all docs can say about it. They know this because of how it is instable and the way it moves. It is such that it can dislocate by sliding (not the kneecap, the shin bone slides diagonally up and back towards my other knee.. if that makes any sense at all) This doesn't hurt. it only hurts if I try and put weight when it is *off* And I have learned out to push it back. I do NOT want surgery. It got 99% better after a year or two except I learned not to do a few movements, like.... sitting with my legs crossed, no biggie. Then I slipped on ice a year...and a half.. mebbe 2 years ago now. I've had issues since and it is more unstable but alas, its getting better again. I do know that the docs did a xray and were able to tell the meniscus was fine, thankfully.
The first time I hurt my knee I went to a redicare in the states the next day, understandably the doc couldnt tell much as it was so swollen, but said if ti wasn't better within a month I would need a MRI and surgery. As I could afford neither, I just dealt with it. I used a smaller size brace than what I measure for (to help keep the swelling down, which made it more stable as well as the stabilizers) Eventually with time my muscles had taken up most of the slack and it was solid except as I mentioned, no sitting "indian" style on the floor.
Second time was here in sweden, thought eh, no big deal, and the pain got worse and worse until I realized it had locked into a position I couldnt "pop" it out of. Thats when I had the xray, and scared a newbie orthapedic doc. (he popped it while doing the normal tests to see how loose it was..... god it was loud, god that felt good, but he thought he hurt me due to his expression and vacating the room in 5 seconds flat to concur with the his "boss" or the doc with experience)
I know if I really do end up needing surgery it won't be a problem to get done here, but I would rather fix it muscularly if possible. (By making the muscles around the joint stronger to take up the slack)
I wasn't able to stretch my knee out fully the first time either, but I laid on my back and let it lay against a wall, slowely letting it stretch as well as keeping the swelling down. a swollen knee is not fun to walk on :P and I remember toe walking with that leg for awhile.
now her mileage may vary, I pushed my knee more than many of my friends liked. (why the fuck are you standing and walking. yeeek!) But I also did it carefully and was aware of the pain, vs strange as hell wobbly water on the knee sensation.
A injured knee that won't open fully (which at the time of her journal writing, as well as the sounds from the last journal) could be the torn ligaments getting caught in the joint, or a torn meniscus doing the same. I will note that when I hurt my knee, I was in shock for about a couple hours, but we were camping so my friends went and got the pickup truck as well, they couldn't help me all the way back to the campsite, and I laid/sat in the back of it the rest of the day... but when the adrenalin wore off? FFFFFFFUck that was the worst pain I had ever felt. I think given the ice we used and a ace bandage helped keep the swellling down but still. gaaah. Unfortunately only time will tell for her. I do hope it feels better by now. at least a bit. And docs probably will give her the same song and dance, though a xray would be nice to see the meniscus. the tendons won't show up, or I would know which exactly are stretched/torn/gone from my knee. I SHOULD have gone to this clinic before I lost my job at BK, but I wasn't aware.. ah the medical care of the states. It sucks to fall through the cracks. I was literally told to get pregnant if I wanted medical -.-

making a note to Zareonian that I made a super long reply to Sanura about my knee, and I'm free to chat with if one wishes. Im TRYING to get caught up on this site.