This has been my year for knee problems. I guess that everyone has their year at one time or another in their life. This is the first time that I have ever dealt with two knee surgeries, rehab, and chronic pain in one year! That’s a bit much to take for one year. In December I had surgery on my left knee, next week it’s my right. I spent five long months in physical therapy with the left.
50 years of pivoting, cutting, twisting, jumping, running and it makes sense that my right knee has suffered some. Let’s fact it, there is wear and tear on the knees and joints. The timing is never right for the news of surgery let alone rehab post surgery.
If you know me, you know that this has not been easy for me. Knees are precious. I need them especially because I am active, I rely on them for my life and my livelihood need I say more. So what do I do? Do I stop all activity and succumb to the necessity of limiting my activity? No – that is not a possibility for me. I am not one to give up. Do I remain active and make the necessary modifications? Yes – I have done it before and will do whatever it takes to heal.
The word heal is so crucial to my recovery. I hear so many clients and people who had had joint problems say, “Oh that’s my bad knee,” or “Oh, it’s just my bum hip.” I refuse to utilize the term bad. The knees are a part of my body. I will not reject them. Yes, they were injured, but they are not bad. They need my attention, my positive energy, not negative. So as I go into this surgery and look forward to recovering well, I will say and believe, “Oh, those are my knees – they are healing now!” After all, they are still my knees after 50 great years of service.
