Well, the orthopedist told me I was old. I told the young whippersnapper to hush his mouth, and stay off my danged lawn!!!
Okay, not really, but I wish I'd said it.... He says he is pretty sure my knee problem is plain old vanilla arthritis. Maybe, a torn miniscus.. because I have a little pain on the inner knee when it's pressed on. I got a shot, and turned down the scrip he offered for now. If it continues to give me very much trouble we can do an MRI, but he didn't think it was called for at this time.
I asked him what I could doas far as exercise, and basically it's like the old joke.
Patient: "Doc, it hurts when I do this. "
Doc: "Well, don't do that."
So I've just got to tough it out. Hopefully the glucosamine sulfate pills I started taking and fish oil pills will help.. guess they can't hurt. And I'll give the shot a few days to kick in and then try to do a few things very, very carefully.
I did get on the wee and play for a bit today, some of the yoga (nothing 1-legged) and a little tennis and bowling. Something more than just sitting on the couch.
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