Doctor Doctor, Can't You See I'm Burnin' Burnin'

I jacked up my knee two weeks ago today. I would love to tell you that I was mountain biking or something cool, but this was one of those "40-something" injuries, where I was walking along and it sort of popped and then started aching. It was alright for the first week though, so I continued my daily activities. Last weekend it seemed a lot worse, so I've taken it easy this past week. It's still killing me if I twist it at all, and it's crackling when I bend it too far.

A funny thing, every day that I miss a workout I literally feel like I've gained 5 pounds. So by today I'm feeling up by... maybe 30 pounds or so? Yeah it sounds silly when I type it here, but it's just a dragging feeling. They weighed me when I walked in the doctor's office door this morning, which I dreaded.  I haven't gained a single pound. WHO KNEW? Good thing though, because I'm limited to walking for the next who-knows-how-long. Uber-blah!

The doc says it is probably a torn cartilage, but I'm not so sure. Usually those things are very sudden and you know it when it happens. This originally came on over a period of a couple of hours. They did an x-ray and I'll have an MRI later in the week. No twisting motions for me now (as if I could, if I wanted to). As with any injury, you'd be shocked how many things you do each day that involve twisting your knee.

You know what I have discovered in the last 24 hours? The Facebook news feed is not a complete representation of your friends' updates. Not even their status updates. AND... not even for people I have on my "special" list to show more of their updates than other people. Plus, I don't have an enormous list of friends, so it shouldn't have to pick and choose what it's showing there. Hmm! Now I feel like I should go to everyone's profile to see what I've been missing.