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Reoccurring hemarthrosis

Three weeks ago I had a terrible fall.  Landed prone on my left knee and left hand.  Swelling began immediately and the pain was intense.  I made it home spent the evening taking NSAIDs and icing.  It was no better in the morning thus I went to er.  X-rays showed no bone involvement and although my knee was huge showed only a small effusion.  Fast forward two weeks..regularly taking antiinflammatories and taking it easy.  The horrendous bruising began to subside as did the edema.  Then my knee began to fill with fluid. This continued for several days until I could revisit my orthopod.  He drained almost 120 cc of blood and it shrunk up nicely. By that afternoon it began to refill and now two days later on its way to ballooning up again.  I have an appointment Friday morning to have it drained again, but my question is...is this normal? Besides NSAIDs and ice is there anything else I could due to hasten healing.  Should my doc be looking more into it? Why the fluid build up after it seemed to be healing and how can that much blood accumulate without clotting as the injury was weeks old?  Sorry for running on..I'm just at my wits end with this...and yes..I realize I'm not 20 :)
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