September 17, 2013

I keep forgetting to write about things. Yesterday I got the magazine FLEX in the mail. I did not sign up for it but it kind of looks like I have a subscription now. And it is the grossest magazine I have ever seen. It is all about becoming way too muscular, with the help of twenty different types of protein powders. It is just gross. And people do that to themselves on purpose.

Today at work there were MAP tests and a lot of kids finishing MAP tests. There were two tests on the schedule and then two separate fifth grade groups that came in during the afternoon to finish tests. It felt like all I did today was watch kids take tests. Which is pretty much what I did.

After school I planned on stopping to schedule a haircut but I completely forgot about it. So some other time then. For dinner I had an unhealthy microwave meal but I also steamed some broccoli. Delicious broccoli.

When I went to stand up from the table I apparently did it wrong because I instantly felt a sharp pain in my right knee and I couldn't straighten it out fully or bend it any farther than it was without more pain. The incident that was the catalyst for my left knee surgery was getting on my knees to look for my ring that I had dropped underneath my dresser. This action pushed one of the loose pieces of cartilage in my knee to get pushed back between the joint and it got stuck there for months. I was able to bend it a little bit but it was impossible for me to straighten it, so I walked on my toe for months before finally breaking down and getting surgery. And this time all I did was stand up. For the past several days the loose bit of cartilage in my right knee has been moving around a lot and now it feels like it has gotten pinched inside the joint. I really should have gotten my right knee fixed sooner. I put the left one off for over a decade I think and it has been over a decade now with the right knee. I would say this is the push I need to get the surgery but it won't be unless it doesn't come unstuck. I am hoping it resolves itself in my sleep but that hope didn't work out for my left knee so I'm not holding my breath.

I had to use my crutches to get back to my room and spent some time with my heating pad on my knee, trying to loosen it up, but that didn't work. My knee is a little more bearable though. If I walk slowly and don't twist, and ignore the sharp pain, I can kind of walk with one crutch. So there's that. My main concern is getting around the lab on crutches if that turns out to be a thing. That isn't going to work out too well. Fingers crossed for a miracle in the middle of the night.