Yes, yes – I am happy to say that I think my knee is okay, and that it won’t require any surgery, or even any physical therapy. I say think because, obviously, I’m not quite sure yet – I’m still waiting on my MRI, which is scheduled for the 26th. They had to move it, as they’re waiting on my insurance to approve – I love our medical system! 
My nonmedical testing of the knee – that is, walking around on it, bending it, things that one typically does with a knee – has shown that it feels more or less healed up. I’m back to shovelgloving, but I’m laying off the squats for the time being. I think my knee is okay, but I’d like the doctor to tell me as much before I go doing anything drastic.
Not My Knee
I’m tremendously happy that it’s feeling better. For a while, I was quite worried that I’d really messed something up, and that I’d be moaning about my aching knee for the rest of my life. I’m sure I’ll reach that point at some point in my life, when everything is creaking and popping, but I certainly didn’t want to start at 24. Give me at least until 30, yeah?
Relatedly, it’s great to be back to shovelgloving. I started doing it at the beginning of August, and had more or less not missed any days at all. At this point, it feels quite weird for it to be a weekday and for me to not shovelglove. I guess that’s a pretty indicator that it’s been ingrained as a habit… I’m still doing No S as well, and it is becoming increasingly difficult – there are so many temptations sitting around, what with my mom cooking up a storm around the holidays. Chocolate, cookies, pies, cakes… It’s easy to not eat sweets when all that’s in the house is a crappy factory made treat, but homemade stuff? Much more difficult to resist.
And, speaking of holidays – I hope they’re happy for all of you!
(One last aside – “on the mend.” What’s up with that? We don’t say “my knee is on the pain,” it’s just “my knee is hurting.” Idioms; gotta’ love ‘em.)
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