Day Two Hundred Thirty Three 2013

Back to the bone doc for me this morning for my follow up. Had a cortisone shot six weeks ago in my left knee. It worked like magic. No pain or swelling. No limping around like I’m a hundred years old. My knee felt back to normal until two weeks ago when I put my foot into some slick mud and fell and apparently wrenched that knee on my way down, which wiped out all the magical effects of that shot. The doc says I most likely have a meniscus tear and surgery looms large in my near future. He was sympathetic but it is too soon to have another cortisone shot ~ apparently you have to wait three to four months between shots. I told him about our beach trip coming up in a month. He said to come in the day before we leave on our trip and he’d give me another shot. I love that man! Now all I have to do is limp my way through the next four weeks. I can do that. I’m used to it by now.

Day One Hundred Ninety Two 2013

This has been my week for doc appointments and needle sticks. Stick a needle fork in me, I am done. Today’s doc visit was a general one which they term a ‘wellness visit’. Not only did I get this fun blood work done [my big fat veins are an easy stick and nurse Pat is awesome at this], but I also got two inoculations. Two! A pneumonia shot [another joy of growing older] and a whooping cough shot [which is probably more to protect the little peeps in my life than it is to protect me]. All this on top of my shot in the knee yesterday, and I should be spouting water out all the needle holes in my body [SpongeBob comes to mind for some reason]. Let’s give God the glory for modern medicine, as invasive and uncomfortable as it can be sometimes. I think my next stop will be for a hearing test. [Huh?] I see hearing aids in my near future. [What?] 

Day One Hundred Ninety One 2013

Uh oh, Kay has a boo boo on her left knee. Not really. Well, actually, my whole left knee is one big boo boo. Bad knees run in my family. Wish I was immune. Doc says my meniscus [a pad of fibrous tissue which cushions the femur and tibia] is showing some wear, which is causing me grief. One of the joys of growing older, but growing older beats the alternative, as they say. I think so, anyway. So he gave me a shot [in the knee as you can see~ouch!] of cortisone which should ease my pains in the coming weeks [hopefully]. Back in six weeks for a look-see. Hope your Wednesday was pain free.