Off to the knee Dr. this morning.

I'll have an MRI within a month. If it's just O.L.D., I will have to accept it.

@MarieCoyle I think I have a few hikes still left in me.

@TheHorse I suppose you could do like one of my friend's mother did...over a period of years everything started to fail on her. First one knee, then another. One by one, both were replaced. A few years later, she had to get her shoulder done as she could no longer move her arm hardly at all. She got that fixed and was so happy. A few years after that, the other arm did the same thing. She told the doctor she was done, that she was 88 years old and would just make the best of it. But I will say the parts she got replaced bought her a lot of years of functioning well and walking on her own.

Yeppers.I have had MRIs before. We shall see. I hope they can fix it too.

@TheHorse Good luck, it's stressing living in the fear that a problem may sudden happens

@LadyDuck Exactly. I want to be able to hike without worry.

@TheHorse I'll have to see if you have an update on this. I hope it can be fixed!

I am actually hoping I need surgery. I don't want to have a problem that "can't be fixed."

@TheHorse What if she tries that? I can't help complaining when it hurts.

Pain-gating works. Tell her I just recommend she give you a swift kick in the nuts when you start complaining.

Thank you. I hope so too.

I would be OK with a lubricant...if it might work.