Day #79 - Knee Pain

As I get older it becomes very clear that I will have knee issues.  For starters, my mom has had knee replacement on both knees due to arthritis and my grandmother has had both her knees replaced twice!  There is a hereditary component, but also add on to that I played a lot of sports as a kid and the fact that I have been severely overweight my entire adult life and the fact that I have started to see signs of arthritis should not be surprising to anyone.

I must have overdone it during my vacation week because I've been going through this strange problem.  My knees really don't hurt during the day, but then around 3AM I wake up because my left knee has a dull ache to it.  No matter how I move it or switch positions it just keeps on aching making it very difficult to fall back asleep.  I've tried every OTC medication for pain, but none stop it from happening.  It's frustrating because I already have enough sleep problems I really don't need something else waking me up.

I'm hoping that I've finally recovered from this as last night was the first night that I didn't wake up with knee pain.  My hope is that it was about all the stuff I lugged up and down the stairs while I was remodeling my shower.  There's still plenty to do, but all the heavy lifting is over.  Anyway today I'm just grateful that I got one good night's sleep.

Today was an OK day.  I was in training all day that included lunch so I chose to make today a normal carb day instead of tomorrow.  I ate more than I probably should have including the cookie, but no soda; I stuck to my gallon of water.  The rest of the day was right on plan for food.  No walking either I wanted one more day to rest my knees... I'm hoping I'm now out of the woods.

Stay Strong!