Well, there's a little tear in the meniscus and a lot of fluid around the joint. This tells him that something is wrong.

He wants to give the cortisone which he injected last time more time to work. So I go back to see him on May 12, "but come earlier if you have to." He also gave me a prescription for T3 and said to do "gentle exercise." I asked him if this meant I had to cancel out of the bronc riding at the Rodeo (it starts today) and he said yes. Also bull riding, steer wrestling, roping, and even mutton busting is out.

My knee still hurts, dammit. And I'm using a walking stick to get around with. (I wanted a sword cane but my wife got all irrelevant on me.)