Sunday morning I stepped off a chair and heard my left knee pop. It's not strange to hear a pop, but this felt weird, like when I tore the cartiladge in the same knee back in '96. I did that lifting a box of books. Then and now, nothing, initially, seemed to be a problem. Back then I only had pain when I put weight on it while it was bent. The doc said lateral tear...something. I babied it and surgery was not required. This time I seemed fine for a day and a half. I walked around shopping with a friend. Then I got in a cab. The knee popped painfully across the center, top portion, both getting in and out of the cab. It has been pretty stiff since. I was able to bend it for a few hours without pain last night, but then I had to squat down for something. It hurt a little while in the squat, but hurt a lot after I got up. Now it's stiff again. Sometimes I feel no pain. Sometimes I feel a cutting pain. Sometimes it feels like I've put a heat rub on it. Sometimes I feel
2007-03-21
15:53:11
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Laoshu Laoshi
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Diet & Fitness