The doctor was right about my knee. He said to buy new shoes, take an
anti-inflammatory, and stay off it for a week and it would feel better. I
did. It did. By the end of the week it didn't hurt any more. I ran a
little. I ran a quarter mile. It didn't hurt. I ran a half-mile. I ran a
mile. He said to stay off my knee for a week, but to take the
anti-inflammatory for two weeks, just in case. I did. An interesting thing
happened, though, when I quit taking the anti-inflammatory. The knee came
back. It's not quite a miracle recovery: a miracle anti-inflammatory
perhaps, but not a miracle recovery.
I got some nice new shoes out of the process anyway.
