Hi there! This is my first post, It is nice to find such a large community..

4 years ago, I tore my ACL and Meniscus in my left knee. The OS said because I am flat footed and the shape of my leg bones are not ideal, the injury was inevitable. Every day my knee needs to be iced and I have to take pain pills....This is fine, I have accepted this..

BUT, in the last year or so, I have been having pretty strong pain in my left foot (I have a prety big bunion), right ankle, left hip, right elbow (sometimes I can't even hold my fork) and now I have a rather large, very painful hard lump a half inch above my wrist on the dorsal side of my right hand...I can't brush my hair even,or pick up objects, and it gets worse every day...My right thumb goes numb quite frequently for "no" reason.

Also, I can never sleep without sleeping pills, and the right side of my neck is always very painful, to the point where I can't turn my head to the right.

I am only 22...I ride horses professionally, but am in college aiming towards medical school.

I am so frustrated with feeling in pain all the time, and sometimes I just want to cry. I have medical insurance, but I dont want to look like a hypochondriac to a physician, and I want to be taken seriously...Anyone have any advice?

Thanks so much