I have always been a skeptic about faith healing and the charlatans like Peter Popov and Benny Hinn, just to name two,who bilk gullible people out of a lot of money. They should all be thrown in jail.
But here is my story that happened this year.
For about 5-6 years, I noticed that my left knee was not acting normal. From time to time it would crack (like cracking your knuckles.) And it would ache at times also. I've forgotten how many years it's been since I have been able to even kneel to do certain work tasks. About two years ago it started getting worse. There seemed to be more pain even though it was a little sporadic. And I was developing a slight limp.
It was time to buy a knee brace to try to ease some of the pain. Once in a while my knee would give out a little and I was afraid to carry anything heavy down steps for fear my knee might give out and I'd collapse with whatever I was carrying. I faced up to the fact that this was just something I had to live with since I wasn't getting any younger.
About a year ago, it started getting worse. Here comes the second but much better and more expensive knee brace. A cane also seemed like a good idea but I didn't get one. I could barely bend my knee and the pain almost made me cry at times. I could limp around during the day while I was working, but at night the throbbing pain would wake me up in tears. I lost count of how many times I went up and down the steps in my house like a toddler. It was a step at a time.....ON MY BUTT! Frustration was eating at me. My thoughts were, "Is this (and worse) what I have to look forward to as I get older?"
Thoughts of getting an operation were going through my head. The first week of January I had my annual check up with my Dr. She sent me for an x-ray on the knee and said that an MRI would follow. (I need to get off the track here a little and say that I am finding another primary care physician. There have been too many glitches in my care at this office. Some if not most of it I will blame on her staff. The lack of follow up contact after blood tests, etc.) I was never called to let me know about the x-ray or follow-up MRI.
I'm going to do this in three posts so it doesn't all seem sooooooooooo long.