Sarah,

I had a second opinion yesterday for my arthritis in my knees, and it turns out that wasn't the problem at all! I can't begin to tell you the value of a second opinon. This doctor took different angles of x-rays that determined my knee caps don't run in the right grooves. Hopefully through a little physical therapy we can get is straighted out. If not, he says there's a quick outpatient procedure that will fix it. My other doctor told me it was arthritis and beyond cortizone shots and anti-inflammatories there was nothing he could do.

I am really excited about the prospect of a life without knee pain. I can't tell you how depressed the other doc made me.

Big sigh of relief this a.m....

I'm glad the first diagnosis was wrong! I can't imagine a life without knee pain! :(

Thanks Ruth, and sorry about your knees. They way my knee caps track, eventually I will probably have arthritis, but at least it hasn't set in quite yet. Hopefully through physical therapy I can keep it at bay a lot longer.

Thanks again!

I went to the doctor yesterday. And I lucked out because the physical therapist was in too, I got my referrel and they told me they had an opening in a couple hours. Yeah! Usually I have to go clear across town to see a specialist and have to wait weeks to a month to get in. So, I was "oh, yeah, sign me up!" Sometimes summer is nice when everyone else is on vacation but me.

Well, both the doctor and physical therapist said the same thing. It's the knee cap not sliding well in it's tract because I've built up part of my muscles in my legs but not the opposing muscles. The PT gave me a series of stretches and stengthening exercises to do for the next 3 weeks, 30 each 2x a day. Then the next visit she'll give me more to do. She says if they give too many exercises at the same time patients become overwelmed and don't do any.

Yeah! Finally someone took me seriously instead of trying to medicate me.

That is great, Sarah! I guess that is why in exercise class when they have us exercise the front of the legs, they then have us do the back. I know on my own, I would never know what I should be doing. Glad to hear you got help.