Hi Forum Friends and Hoping for a Healthy New Year to Each of You and Your Families

Here are my current thoughts about my nearly 4 months of knee pain.

SItting around here while the rest of the family goes hiking. Wondering when my knees are going to let me move again.

Lesson 1: Love every part of my body and honor it.  Think about what it has done for me. Apologize to it for acts of violence done over time.

Lesson 2: I am a doer and it has been a huge identity shift to not be able to run my life the way I usually do.

Lesson 3: Sometimes one has to do less to fix things not do more.

Lesson 4: I will be working on patience for a long time.

Lesson 5: The psychological head space of fear and panic is worse than the physical pain.

Lesson 6: IC was scary like this but I was so lucky to have trusted guides.

Lesson 7: How much it hurts depends upon how I feel about the pain.

There undoubedtly will be other lessons. I am hoping to get the benefit of them but of course, also, I hope to be back on my feet soon.  Thank all who have written or offered comforting advice. I needed every but of it.

For newer people who are wondering if their bladders will get better, mine is doing spectacularly but it took 10 months. I guess I have finally stopped counting. Xmas eve was the beginning of my 11th month and I didnt even catch it. In the old days, it was a big deal every month as I waited for some sign that my bladder could get just a bit better.