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This & That July 2023

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This post may contain affiliate links. Since my last 'This and That' post in April, there have been a few developments at the Cottage.   The biggest news is my knee surgery - finally!  I've been suffering with knee pain for about two years. A year and a half ago saw an orthopedic surgeon who recommended physical therapy.    The result? My pain got worse! From there, I had an MRI and we tried 3 different injections, each of which only lasted a few months at best.   And then I was informed my doctor had left the area.   Seriously?   I went to a new surgeon who looked at my MRI and took some new x-rays.  His response?  "You have tears in the meniscus.  Let's fix them!"  Hallelujah!   Surgery was July 3rd and it went well. He did find additional damage that was make the meniscus move 'funny'.  Because of that extra repair, movement of the knee joint is going to be limited for 6 weeks and I'm OK with th...