# 21

[temples]

So I might have managed to wreck my knee beyond all repair while in Europe. Walking became a testament in endurance the last couple of days of the trip and I had to skip out on seeing a museum - even though I love museums - because I couldn't make it up the hill. Since then, I've had nothing to do but sit around the house, clean, play video games and whatever else strikes my fancy, and my knee hasn't been bothering me nearly as much?

Not all that ends well, however, because even the smallest errand leaves me limping and in pain at the end of it.

I'm holding off on seeing a doctor because I don't have health coverage right now and won't until September, but if this interferes with my plan to go back to work in March, I will probably have to. As such, my own habit of playing Google Doctor isn't really giving me ideal results. Chondromalacia patella is a very scary name to give a knee malfunction. I'm hoping that the symptoms aligning perfectly means nothing and that my knee pain can be solved with simply a prescription.

But, fucking ow, man.

Comments

[sincere]

Maybe you should just suck it up and go to the doctor. If you were in America you would have to worry that your pre-existing knowledge of a medical condition will destroy your ability to get health care, but you're not! So it's probably cool? And you should really get it looked at.

Do it so that movie night this weekend isn't ruined by worrying about your leg and/or leg pain!

[temples]

Yeah, you're likely right. I will put it under strong advisement!

Especially since movie night is apparently at stake. D: