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Well I saw my doc yesterday and passed an X ray: it turns out my cartilage and my meniscus might be affected, plus I got the beginning of OA which I never thought I would have at my age. I knew it would eventually happened, but I had been told in 20-40 years...So I am really depressed about this. I am going to take an MRI soon and see the doc in two weeks, so we'll see what it reveals. I have a feeling I'll need surgery...It's a congenital problem apparently, thanks to my genu valgum I am prone to this plus he thinks my cartilages are soft.

I drank a good glass of red wine yesterday and took a long, warm bath. I am feeling better and trying not to be too bummed about this. I haven't had a break in like 5 years...What I might be having in the left knee might be what I had in the right knee, which was a crushed cartilage...

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Dang, Hopeful! I'm really sorry to hear that! But glad you're feeling somewhat better and please try not to stress too much. We're in your corner and rooting for you!

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Thanks for the hug! I'm still going to try to live my life and do things, I don't want to let this pull me down!!
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I'm sorry to hear that.  I'm sure this is depressing, but you know what?  Even depressed you did something good for yourself, so just keep doing small things like that.  Our bodies are just these big and complicated machines with too many parts.  Hope you feel better soon.

 

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Thanks Joannaran, that's good advice. I'm just going to take it one day at a time!
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