I’d like to speak to the manager!!!

Well.

Who had more arthritis on your Jeff bingo card.

Had my knee doctor appointment today.

At 11:30.

Adam went with me to make sure I advocated from myself.

As much as I talk about confrontation at work I very much shy away from it.

Got there.

Dr came in.

I have to say that after 6 years I like him a lot.

He’s knowledgeable, explains everything, and is funny.

If anyone cares he went to UCSD medical school. We discussed this at one of my first appointments.

First he asked me about the pain over the weekend.

Then the numbness in my foot.

He had me take off my shoes and socks.

Did a little pressure test to make sure it wasn’t anything super serious.

Then he pulled up a diagram of the nerves of the foot and had me point to where I was numb.

It corresponded to a nerve from the back.

So we did an X-ray.

And we discovered that I have arthritis in my back.

It’s not presenting with pain yet, but it is pinching a nerve that goes to my foot.

He presented me with a million options.

MRI.

Physical therapy.

Nerve testing.

Meds.

Others I don’t remember.

I am going to schedule an mri to determine how serious it is.

I’m going to start physical therapy.

And I’m starting gabapwntin for the nerve damage, which he said should help with sleep.

So there you have.

He also pretty much said I was playing with fire with my knee.

He explained that it was not going to get better. That we had exhausted all avenues for relief.

He said I was going to wake up one morning and not be able to tolerate the pain.

That I wouldn’t go to the bathroom because it hurt too much.

So.

I called today and changed my surgery to the third week of October.

16 weeks.

Keep your fingers crossed that I make it.

I also won’t be taking anymore cortisone shots since I have to wait 90 days for surgery after the shot.

So there you have it.