We Kin Get Thin!

. . . that is what the Orthopedic doctor called my knees. ;-)  Lovely!

I guess a combination of arthritis, bone spurs, malalignment, and patellofemoral overload creates a crappy situation in my knees. (none of these are surprises, it's the same diagnosis since I was a kid. The spurs are new, but expected) She said Lefty (the one that has been bothering me lately) is most likely a small meniscus tear, but she agrees with me that it's healing up fine. 

Anyways.
As you can imagine... she told me not to run, jump, hike, stair-climb, play tennis, or do any other exercise that causes any impact on the knees.
So, as you can also probably imagine... I will need to ignore her.  ;-)


Ok, ok, I am not THAT rebellious. But I really don't think I can just stop what I've been doing, and enjoying.  I'm working SO hard toward something. I can't just stop.

I have a prescription for 8 weeks of Physical Therapy, which I am not jazzed about. But I will see what their thoughts are about my training/running, etc.

The worst news of all from my appointment, is that when I asked the Doctor her thoughts on me climbing Mt Washington... her response was :
"No. For you? NEVER!" 

BUMMMMMMED.

I do agree with her reaction, and for right now, I will heed her advice. However, once I've lost a bit more weight, I will re-assess.  Because I do think that my body can handle it. And I think that when I am in even better shape, and my legs are more lean and more muscular, they will be able to absorb a lot more work.  We shall see.