Skiable knees

I am worried that my knees will not be able to go skiing at New Year. And I certainly can't go skiing without them! The story began in 1980 when I was in a motorbike accident (well a moped actually!) when the top was broken off my tibia and needed pinned back on, as well as a lengthy time in plaster. When the plaster came off I was amazed by two things. The hair on my leg had grown to double length, as if fooled by the darkness beneath my plaster cast! And my leg wouldn't bend at all, which made going up and down stairs very challenging! Painful physiotherapy mainly corrected this - I dreaded the end of each session when the physiotherapist would bend my leg a little further each week, and it was excruciating. I made a good recovery, however my right knee has always creaked and groaned, especially on stairs. Fast forward to a couple of years ago when severe knee pain got me referred to the Victoria, and I was told that I have osteoarthritis in my right knee. The consultant talked darkly about a knee replacement, which sounded alarming, but is not needed yet - five or ten years was mentioned. So I put it to the back of my mind and ignored my creaky knees until now. The trouble is, both of my knees are misbehaving now, especially since James and I went on our lovely walking holiday to the north west last week. I didn't even do that much walking! And you would think that walking would be good for building up knee muscle. However maybe carrying a rucksack didn't help - or the extra Susan weight that I am carrying these days! But now I can hardly move my right knee in the morning and I have trouble going downstairs because both knees feel as if they have knives behind my kneecaps sticking in to me! Oh well, enough moaning, I will make a doctor's appointment and see if I can get some physio or medication. Because for my ski holiday in December I need skiable knees!