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I Won’t Quit

I Won’t Quit

“I won’t quit if you don’t quit, ok?” Those eight words were spoken to my by my physiatrist when I had my follow-up appointment with him on Wednesday. A little over a month ago, I had a very expensive, very painful injection in my knee. 

Five

Five

This week five years ago, I stepped in a hole and it quite literally changed my life. Not in a dramatic “I have a new outlook on life” or surviving a horrible disease or accident kind of life changing, but life changing all the same. 

Knee Surgery #7: One Year Later

Knee Surgery #7: One Year Later

One year. 12 months. 52 weeks. 365 days. That’s how long it’s been since I had my 4th surgery on my right knee and my 7th knee surgery overall. The past year has been…rough. A year ago my mum (God bless her) drove me up 

Four

Four

I hate the number four. Four.  Four years ago I stepped in a hole in my backyard. My right knee locked and the journey began. Four. Four knee surgeries between January 2013 and February 2016. Four. Four years since I went to physical therapy for 

Orthopedic Nightmare

Orthopedic Nightmare

If you’ve seen me over the last 3 1/2 years, chances are one of the first things you noticed was my ever-present knee brace, complete with a hinge on each side and velcro straps to keep it from sliding down to my ankle. Two weeks