Sidelined.....

OK...here's the way it goes.... For some time now, folks that I know, professionally, personally, family, have said things about aging. Negative things. Things that (frankly) I haven't understood. I felt a bit more like Mark Twain "Age is an issue of mind over matter, If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." So I would utter what I thought were consoling sounds and go on my aging way.

The it started, innocently enough...10 days ago...knee pain. Initially a dull ache and feeling of fullness in the back of my knee that grew as the day went on to a full blown sensation of pain, coupled with "noodle knee" as I descended stairs. Doing just fine, being cautious then "whoops" knee gives out. It felt a bit like I was  auditioning to join the Three Stooges. I'd be the sister they never wanted "Clumsy".

10 days of ice, naproxen, resting it when I can, and generally feeling pissy about it, I now know this is a cosmic "gotcha". Yes, what can I expect with 55+ years of using and abusing my knees. Jumping, squatting, gymnastics as a teen, carrying babies, carrying far too much weight, walking miles and miles, standing on hospital floors, using stairs instead of the elevator as much as possible, and believing that none of this would catch up with me. Because I didn't mind seeing my age grow, therefore it didn't matter. Ha!

It apparently matters to Mother Nature, and frankly she's a mean mother.

So, I am behaving in hopes of avoiding one last office visit co-pay before the end of 2013. And to all those that I "may" have done a mental eye roll to as you listed your complaints of aging...I'm sorry. Karma does catch up. If you're looking for me, to say "I told you so," I'll be the one on-duty Christmas Day, walking thru the hospital like Festus from Gunsmoke. Sigh.