Interesting week. Was able to walk over 20 miles, great weather if you like a chill in the air, I even saw a few trees with leaves changing orange. Walked the longest single stretch (over 6miles) since my knee acted up and recovered ok- BUT then went to the doctor today and was told to shut it down, maybe try some lower impact activity (time to get in some Biking, even indoor elliptical machine work-outs). I see a therapy person next Monday morning and was prescribed some anti-inflammatory pills along with supplements that can help with joint aliments (taking I-Flex and Glucosamine) Biggest concerns are that I may have a meniscus tear which is part of the shock absorber for your knees- so a little scary! Doc basically said that I need to try this first treatment to see if any improvement and then revisit with him in 3 weeks. If no good, next step is to have an MRI and see if they need to clean things out via a scope. Hope I don't need to go that way because recovery from any type of scope will cost me a bunch of time away to reaching my goal. No matter what thou I am committed to doing this even if it means doing it in the hotter part of summer. I'll just need to bring a bunch of water!
Even thou I'm feeling a little down today, just need to get this thru my thick skull and realize bumps in the road are part of life. Time to pull out the biking shorts and hope for a nice Indian summer stretch.
OLD GUY
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