Thought this was supposed to help....

I recently went through viscous injections for my knees. It is done in a series of 3 shots 1 week apart. We are trying this to delay in having to do total knee joint replacements. Having gone through this and having the last injections yesterday I can say this: A) the knee that is in better condition will hurt more to have injections after the first round. B) there is the chance that the bone will actually react badly to the injections if you have bone wear and C) seems to be for me that it has made my "better" knee more unstable.

Today I woke up and the knees are both extremely tender, my right knee has locked and buckled a few times on me today. I have to wait about a month to 6 weeks to know if I am going to get long term relief. I am hoping that my knees aren't so painful that I can't sleep. I just want to feel better, and I don't know if that is going to happen. I do have my back up pain med if it is too awful but I really don't want to have to take it.

I did manage a quick run out to get some groceries. And I am very glad I own an InstaPot, thank you my dear sister who got it for me. It means I can do dinner relatively quickly and not add to the pain that I am already feeling by standing for a long period time to cook dinner. 

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