Thursday, March 04, 2004
Whew!
Things to report... Cara, the girl we met in the last entry, is fine!
"It turns out that the anatomy of my knees is such that my kneecaps - -
both of them - - have a born desire to dislocate (ask me about my Q
angle, if you’re curious), and the bang I gave my right knee at 15 was
what gave that kneecap the path to dislocate at whim. The doc pretty much
dislocated my “good” left kneecap as a demo while I was lying there on
the table, much to my shock."
Hm. More things that can go wrong with the knees, which as Candace pointed out to me a while ago, are way behind in evolutionary terms. I received another email from Cara last week, and from the It's A Small World department, she has the same physical therapists as I do!
Speaking of PT, I squeezed 3 more visits out of my insurance company. Pretty unnecessary at this point, but still useful for information. Melissa said I'd be OK to start jogging, and so far David & I have gone once. I lasted for less than a mile before my knee started hurting. That's a question for Dr. Nestor when I see him in April: How much should I push through the pain?
I'm thinking about doing my first triathlon in June. At some point this might turn into a training blog!
"It turns out that the anatomy of my knees is such that my kneecaps - -
both of them - - have a born desire to dislocate (ask me about my Q
angle, if you’re curious), and the bang I gave my right knee at 15 was
what gave that kneecap the path to dislocate at whim. The doc pretty much
dislocated my “good” left kneecap as a demo while I was lying there on
the table, much to my shock."
Hm. More things that can go wrong with the knees, which as Candace pointed out to me a while ago, are way behind in evolutionary terms. I received another email from Cara last week, and from the It's A Small World department, she has the same physical therapists as I do!
Speaking of PT, I squeezed 3 more visits out of my insurance company. Pretty unnecessary at this point, but still useful for information. Melissa said I'd be OK to start jogging, and so far David & I have gone once. I lasted for less than a mile before my knee started hurting. That's a question for Dr. Nestor when I see him in April: How much should I push through the pain?
I'm thinking about doing my first triathlon in June. At some point this might turn into a training blog!
