my knee

My knee hurts like hell now. Feels like my arteries are all twisted inside and is really painful. I don’t know what is happening here. Probably an annual reminder of a lesson that I’ve learned in a very painful way.

I got this knee injury about 5 years ago in a game of soccer. I was playing the right wing for in my company’s inter-departmental league. I scored a goal and became too charged up in the game. I became like Attila the Hun, and leveled down the opponents solo… I was a total ass. Then came this one time, I stepped into the big hole when I was dribbling the ball. I miss-stepped, and twisted my leg so badly that I had to be carried out from the field.

Went to the doctor after that and was told that I had a torn ’something’ (couldn’t exactly remember what was it, I was too distraught pay attention) inside my kneecap. The doctor gave me a very tight elastic knee guard and was asked to wear it for a week. I was asked to abstain from sports during the period, at least until the pain subsides. But it didn’t subside. From that day onwards, I always feel a sharp pain on my knee each time I sprint. I can’t run fast now, and I can’t mess with dogs anymore… for I will be in deep trouble if any dogs were to chase me.

It has been 2 weeks now, the pain doesn’t seem to be going away like it always does. I’m losing plenty of sleep and my performance at work is getting affected by my lack of concentration.

Tonight, my mom’s going to bring me to some kind of Chinese chiropractor to see if he fix my knee up. If it still doesn’t help, I’m gonna have to return to that very doctor that first looked into my injury and see if he could recommend anything (like, amputate the fucking thing - it’s better for me).