As those of you who read my journal are aware, I have been having trouble with my right knee.  It is a torn meniscus.  The doctor gave me 3 options.  1)  do nothing and live with the pain, 2) get a cortisone shot, or 3) have surgery.  I opted for the shot.  What a miracle.  Although the shot was a little unpleasant, I am pain free.  I can walk normal again without limping or crying.  The cortisone may last or not.  Years ago I had a shot in my heel for heel spurs, and that has lasted all this time.  Anyway, I have an appointment in 2 weeks and if the cortisone wears off, we'll do the surgery, but so far so good.  What is cortisone anyway?

Today, my sister and I went to the Barack Obama rally.  What an experience.  We got to the gate of the stadium about 7:30 this morning.  The gate did not open till 10:30, the rally didn't start till 12:30.  So you can imagine how draining it was waiting all this time.  It was ok though because everyone was being friendly, talking about Obama and different things.  The morning started out very cool.  Cool for Florida, don't know exactly what the temperature was, but most people were wearing a light jacket of sorts.  Anyway, as the day progressed, it got HOT!  We were not allowed to bring beverages or snacks into the rally, they had those items available at the concessions.  Anyway, there were a few keynote speakers on before Barack spoke.  Many different local politicions, and one really big surprise, 6 of the Tampa Rays, American League Champs!  My goodness, I did not know who they were, all I knew was that there were 6 beautiful men standing on the stage not 10 feet in front of me.  They introduced Barack, and the crowd went wild.  Let me tell you, he is just as cool, calm and collected as they get.  His speach entailed mostly getting out early to vote.  (in Florida we can do that, can any other state?)  He touched on other topics as well, but just his appearance was breathtaking.  I did go and vote today after the rally as suggested by his speach.  I am glad I did.  If todays lines is any indication of what to expect on election day,  it's gonna be a long day on November 4th.

Well, as it turns out, I may have a torn meniscus in my right knee. That is a tear in the cartlidge.  I have to do an MRI to be certain.  As far as arthritis, it is very minimal in my knees.  I will return to work tomorrow on light duty and as soon as my doctor gets the results of the MRI back, we will go from there.

Well, I am out of work for a little while.  I have been experiencing severe knee pain, mainly in my right knee.  It has been almost impossible to walk without the aid of something to hold onto.  Went to the doctors, had xrays done, the whole nine yards.  Anyway, the xrays showed osetoarthritis.  So now I have to go to the orthopedic doctor for further testing.  The thing I find hard to understand, if I am in so much pain, how come the xrays didn't show that?  Can anyone answer that?  Oddly enough, this same time last year, nearly exact dates, I went to the doctors for the SAME thing, only in the left knee.  I guess I will find out for sure on Wednesday what the problem is.  I certainly hope so!

Wow!

So much crazy weather going on now in the tropics.

Let’s see....we have Hanna, Ike and Josephine, all right behind each other in the Atlantic. 

I am sure there is one behind Josephine coming off the coast of Africa, but that remains to be heard from. 

We are in PEAK hurricane season now and it will last till the end of November.

Everybody buckle down, we may be in for a bumpy ride! 

Thank you Betty Davis!

Here is the latest update on Gustav 

My grand daughter had her open house for her new school last night.  Turns out, the only supplies she will need is a binder and some sheet protectors.  I did not go to the open house, but Madeline made sure to tell her new teacher "my mommom is on vacation and will be bringing me to school".  I almost cried (yeah, I know!) when my daughter told me that.  Here she is, learning about her new school and she is excited to tell her teacher about me, her Mommom!  I love my grandkids so much.  Of course, my beautiful daughter is the light of my life.  I never thought my life would be so full of happiness and blessings.