I wish I had one of those things you see in movies where the person in the hospital bed has their leg hanging in a sling from the top frame of the bed. I need to see if I can install one to the ceiling above my bed so I can properly "elevate" my injury in my sleep.
Despite my complaining, my new running shoes are glorious. I reckon my knee would have removed itself from my body around mile 2 in the old shoes. At least that is what I'm telling myself to justify that giant spend this weekend! ;)
I looked up knee injuries on WebMD and surprisingly at no point did the description say I was going to die. They did however diagnose something as "Runner's Knee" - they're so witty and technical. No weird diseases - just overuse for the most part. Maybe tendinitis. Maybe arthritis (please I hope not). But no sudden death caused by knee pain.
I'm going to go with the diagnosis of "Runner's Knee" which recommends the ice, advil and elevation. Now I'm going to throw 8 hours of sleep into the mix and I reckon tomorrow will be OK and my kneecap might actually come home in the middle of the night.
Go Phil's!
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Jilly poo, I am just catching up with your blog... but as I was reading your witty paragraph about WedbMD and its Runner's Knee diagnosis to my coworker, he said, "OH NO. Not runners knee..." And he said you need to do knee exercises, sit out till the swelling goes down, and get on a regimen of Aleve or Ibuprofen. He had it and said its brutal. I hope you find your kneecap in next week's blog that I'm about to read. LOVE YOU. : )
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