ouchie in the knee

hmm, my right knee has gone for a toss :(. it actually started a few months ago, when, on two successive days, i hurt the knee in exactly the same spot. the first time, i was helping ani clean up some of his toys, and mashed my knee against one of his knobbly puzzle pieces. it hurt like crazy for a little bit, but then eased up, so i brushed it off. the next day, at trader joe's, ani rammed his little shopping cart straight into the knee :(. the double whammy put me out of commission for a couple of weeks, during which i consulted with my terrific marathon-running PCP. he suggested that i RICE it, and things should get better. as indeed, they did, for a while. ever since those injuries, though, i've had trouble climbing down stairs, but after the couple weeks of rest, have been mostly ok otherwise.

this last weekend, suddenly the injury flared up again, and i can't really think of a reason why. it started hurting real bad to even walk, and i was getting quite bummed out about the whole thing. i tried jogging a little yesterday, and funnily, that didn't hurt at all! so am going out for a run today - let's see how it goes.