My knee started getting sore Sunday, Mother's Day, after lunch, and continued getting stiff
and sore throughout the afternoon. I took puppy for a slow walk, thinking maybe
that would help ease the joint. I lasted 30 minutes at a very slow pace, so slow
that my pedometer didn't register the middle 10 minutes!
By evening, I
couldn't bear any weight on my left leg, and some movements had me gasping in
pain. I took some Tylenol for the pain. I barely made it up the stairs at night.
I saw my PCP this morning. He was able to move the joint in its full
range of motion (but I was in tears from the pain), and declared that all the
parts seem to be in their proper place and working. He believes there is inflammation in the
knee, although why is a mystery.
He has me on an anti-inflammatory and
rest for 10 days. If that cures it, wonderful. If the pain comes back, we will
begin "the cascade of radiological testing." (Insurance companies will insist on
starting with an X-ray, although the X-ray will not show us what we need to
know.)
I was enjoying my walks with puppy, and the weather was just
getting nice. I was 12 for 12, exercising every day so far in May and I was even dropping a few pounds again.
Phooey to be sidelined.
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