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My knee pain



One day I was playing with my granddaughter
She told me that I do not know how to run
I told her that I can run faster than her
The next day I went to the garden with her
I told her to catch me and started running
I ran faster and faster so that she cannot catch
I was very happy that I was running faster
I forgot about my age and I became a child
We played a lot and we enjoyed a lot on that day


The nest day while I was sitting at home I had
A bit of pain on my knee and it got worse
The next day I could not bear my pain
And I was unable to walk due to the pain
I was sitting and thinking about my pain
I could not understand why my pain has increased
I took painkillers and I did exercises but no relief


I took an appointment to see my doctor
He advised to continue with exercises and pain killers
He advised to go for an x-ray which I did on that day
I was diagnosed with patellofemoral syndrome
It is also known as chondromalacia and I sat
And looked into the internet to find out the treatments
And read all the opinions of the sufferers and found that
Exercise is the best form of treatment and
I do not want any surgery because I am a coward


I was in bed for two weeks unable to move around
I felt very sad with all the unnecessary thoughts in my mind
I decided it will not take me anywhere so decided to be brave
Started to do the exercises and taken the pain killers on time
I started getting better each day and back to normal


Once I got better-I asked myself a lot of questions
I decided to analyse the situation deeply
Who is at fault? Why did I act like a child?
Why did I take care of my self?
Whom to blame? Who is responsible for this?


I came to the conclusion that I am responsible
Because I should have taken care of my knee
I am the master of myself and I know better
About my body, mind & spirit and I felt ashamed


But I felt happy that I have realised my fault
And I will never repeat it again in my life.
This taught me a lesson of taking things seriously
And be the master of myself in all the situations.




İDolly Bhaskaran19/08/09.


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My knee pain