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It’s knee day

I’m going in to the local hospital this morning to plan my ambulatory future. I’m getting some X-rays of my knees done, and meeting with an orthopedic surgeon to, I hope, schedule arthropedic surgery to patch up a torn meniscus. This has been pending for over a year — a long, miserable year of aching knees — but my initial treatment was canceled when I had a broken blood vessel in my eye. Clearly, it was too dangerous to operate on my knee!

So, fingers crossed. I really want this surgery to restore my mobility, all of my summer plans hinge on it. This doctor seems to be pretty quick to put off work on the slightest pretext, though, so I don’t have a tremendous amount of confidence that I’m going to be restored soon. I’ll know in a few hours.

It was a successful meeting: I am scheduled for knee surgery on the 16th of May. Hip hip hooray! Or should that be knee knee hooray?

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  6. Hemidactylus says

    Hope you can get that fixed, then maybe parlay physical therapy into a long term hip and knee strengthening/stability/flexibility regimen. Your problems helped inspire me to take action for the long term. I used to have knee wobblies and occasional ankle tenderness before I started my quest. No more.

    Also drastically changed my diet trying to cut the visceral fat. By drastic I mean no more ultra-processed foods or fast food. No fries. High fiber and protein. Healthy fat. Moderate digestible carbs. Protein first…then carbs later. More veggies. Little to no added sugar. Been trying to avoid beer too lately 😡 Cutting out soda has probably done the most for me.

    I will eat an occasional cheeseburger (no fries/soda).

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