So many people have asked me how I’ve dealt with my knee issue going on so long. I will admit, it has been a long and painful journey, but one that has a light at the end of the tunnel. There are so many out there who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness, or something that can’t be cured over time. I feel blessed that mine has solutions, and that this moment in time, although seemingly long, is really only a snippet out of my...

If you muddled through my last post summarizing the staph infection in my knee, illness such as this is more than just dealing with pain and tolerating treatment. There are factors that come into play when going through something like this that are so numerous I can’t even begin to list them all. There is one that I would like to address that I dealt with quite a bit during the first couple of months of treatment. There are many people you...

In August, I posted about my bum knee that I had been dealing with since July 7th. Well, guess what? I’m still dealing with it today, but at least I’m getting back to a normal routine. July 7th, I went to an immediate care center for a pain in my knee. They X-rayed it and treated me for a torn ligament. Two days later, I couldn’t get any relief from pain and my knee was swollen so much it was unrecognizable as a knee, so I went...

Last post I promised to do better about writing on this blog. Getting through all our family emergencies earlier in the year, I thought I was set to write, write, write – blogs, magazine articles, and books. Then, it hit. I woke up one morning with my knee hurting, and by the end of the day, I could barely walk on it. Initially, I was treated for a torn ligament, but as further testing revealed, I had a staph infection and went right into...