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[nematoddity]

Now I shall take over the world! MUAHAHAHA...Wait, why am I trapped in a ball?

Yeah, I don't precisely know either why hamster-power is so innovative, but they're fun to watch.

And wau, a biology and advertising fail. Though the part that gets me? Is not that they said "women". It's that they said in the next line, No history of mental

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[elenbarathi]

Ack, your knee symptoms sound like you've torn the meniscus pretty badly. There's no fixing that but surgery - fortunately, it's quick outpatient surgery, because that's one of the most common sports injuries, and the sports-medicine clinics fix a lot of them.

Meanwhile, get yourself a really solid knee-brace to immobilize it as much as possible, a walker (thrift stores often have them for cheap) and a good solid cane for when the walker's not possible. I know, it sucks to have to use a walker, but you'll be glad later that you did, because the less new damage you do to the knee, the better it will heal. That nauseating pain is a sign of damage happening; ignoring it is only going to buy you more pain further down the road.

Anyway, good luck, hon; you're in my thoughts.

[nematoddity]

There are two problems with this.

1. No insurance means no surgery. No insurance also means my knee brace (which yes, I should wear more, but is starting to break down) cannot be replaced.

2. I have arthritis: osteo, not rheumatoid, but it's there, in both knees. I (again, not as often as I should) use a cane; not a walker, for reasons both of inaccessibility (it's up in the rafters of the garage) and pride (I in my own mind will have to give up and admit to being crippled beyond repair). Is this good for me? Likely not.

One of the doctors at the free clinic has suggested steroid injections, with a very long and scary needle. To date, I'm pushing that off.