No town trip for Mrs. HM on Wednesday. Such a punishment! The Universe might even feel a bit of sympathy, with no way to lure her into devious schemes that could be chortle-inducing.
Not sure what's going on, but my better knee is acting up. It started around 6:30 a.m. I was sitting on the short couch, Farmer H having just left for town. When I'd try to move my left leg, there was pain. It didn't want to move. Something was amiss with the top of the kneecap area. Let the record show that I had done nothing to provoke it!
I'd been up at 4:00 a.m., putting some clothes in the dryer, getting water in my metal bottle. I settled back on the short couch to watch TV. Dozed off. Woke and talked to Farmer H. Watched TV. Dozed another 30 minutes. When I tried to stand up, that knee was SO PAINFUL! No redness. Maybe a little swelling.
I could hardly walk, even clinging onto furniture and stair railing and door jambs and piano/bench on the way to the bathroom and kitchen. I balanced myself to wash dishes. The knee might have started to feel a little better. I went back to the couch, watched TV, called The Pony, played Wordle. When I got up again to move to the kitchen table and HIPPIE, the knee was very hurty again.
Lucky I had a bag of ice already in the door of FRIG II's freezer. I put that on for 30 minutes. It seemed to help a bit. But you can't leave ice on a knee forever.
As I type this, it's 1:25. I'm an aspirin and an ibuprofen in for pain relief. It's not much of a relief. Town is not a priority, even though those scratchers aren't going to purchase themselves and come find me.
4 comments:
Knee pain is terrible. I hurt and struggled with my knee until it started to effect my hip. I did PT, steroid shots, and some creams but I couldn't get long-term relief. Knee replacement surgery wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It has been three years and I can barely see the scar! Best thing I've ever done for myself.
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Angie,
This is what everybody tells me, but I am still reluctant to go under the knife! I feel like that time is coming, though. Can't have my lottery-buying town trips curtailed!
I rarely have knee pain, mostly my hurts are muscular strains, much more easily fixed. Today I have a hot water bottle against my lower back after playing with the three year old twins yesterday.
River,
OOH! Back pain is no joke! You need your back for just about everything!
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