unforeseen hazards: knee injured by sleeping cat

[jaeclectic]

All day yesterday, I was favoring my right ankle, which I somehow injured or aggravated the day before.

Today I woke up with one of my cats (Ash, the smaller one, but still 12 and a half pounds of solid luv) sleeping on my knees. Which didn't hurt a bit until I started to move, and then... oh geez.

I was on my side, with my left knee under my right knee, and she was perched on top, with the result that the left knee was supporting the weight. Bad idea, kitty, very bad idea. After stretching it out a bit, the continuous pain has abated, and the cracking has stopped, but it is still a bit tender.

So now I am favoring my right ankle and my left knee. Great.

Comments

[eac.livejournal.com]

Er, I hate to ask this, but is it time, yet, for you to march your knees to the doctor?

[jafitz.livejournal.com]

Oh, can of worms, complicated. Short(-ish) answer: yes, I need to hook up with a doctor (new Kaiser insurance, haven't sorted it out yet) but as far as the knees per se: I've been to doctors about the knees before (starting at age 15), this is nothing new, the chiropractic treatment works as well or better than anything else I've tried over the years, main thing is that I need to lose weight.