Weird

The strangest thing happened the other day. I woke around 06.00 with extreme pain in my right knee. I couldn't bend it without difficulty or walk on that leg without lots of pain. It was difficult to get out of bed and I had to go up and down stairs one at a time. The whole situation was very strange.
The area all around the top of the kneecap was very tender to touch and painful to prod. It was very baffling. The nearest that we could get was that it might be associated with an insect bite below the knee however the knee was not particularly swollen or red so it was unlikely to be an infection. It was so painful and generally problematic that I checked out the nearest doctor, should it be necessary. Given that we had a doctor in our midst that didn't really move us forward.
Still late morning someone suggested an antihistamine, which we had, and ibuprofen to reduce pain and any swelling. So far no change. After lunch I took to my bed in order to get maximum sympathy and at the same time Jan suggested an ice pack. It was a miracle. By late afternoon I was pretty much back to normal. It was still slightly tender but much, much better. It still remains a mystery, a mystery to modern science.

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