The knee is slightly disabled, but permanently so. I can't straighten that leg all the way. It stops maybe a half inch short of where it should. If I put too much stress on it it's prone to ache and swell up, so I have to be careful squatting, climbing stairs, and so on. That doesn't mean I have to get those things exactly right, I can be quite a bit off in how I place that foot, but not so far off as I can be with the other foot.
That's making it sound worse than it is. It's fine for routine daily activity. I just know that if I get a twinge there I'd better stop what I'm doing with that knee immediately. And there will be one or two days a year when it acts up and I have to use a knee brace and Advil.
The doctor who examined it at the time said that surgery wouldn't help. She said that surgery would bring a really bad knee from 50% of optimal to 80%, but mine was at 90% so an operation would only harm me. She also said that if I ever get arthritis that knee would get it first. So far that hasn't happened.
So essentially it's an occasional annoyance. But high impact stuff like jogging? No way.
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AndyKing1967 (35095)
4 years ago
I’m guessing cycling and swimming are still ok.
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BullSchmidt (3189)
4 years ago
Yeah, I'm sure those wouldn't be a problem. But they'd require working up a sweat. I've never been much of a jock, I'm afraid. Even when I was on the school track team I was awful at it.
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