I am having a Total Knee Arthroplasty on 9/13 and I will journal the goings-on here...

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Glucosamine & Chondroitin

I'm finding that I am really missing my Glocosamine & Chondroitin patch. Taking this combination as a supplement, either by caplet or by patch, has always been a bit suspect for me. I thought it helped me with basic aches and pains but then I wasn't sure because the effects were subtle and the pain was still there most of the time. For the past year or so I have been using the patch by Mendright shown in the link.

This is one of the supplements that is "off limits" for the 10 days before surgery and so I have had no patch for about 6 days now. I find that my knuckle joints of my hands are achy and in general I have been feeling different, more crotchety.

I have discovered that The Body Knows! My body has been telling me things as I lead up to this surgery that my mind perhaps is slow to grasp. I have recently become allergic to my underwear! The elastic on it itches and chafes my skin and leaves an imprint after I've taken it off. I've had this happen before, I can't remember the exact circumstances but I take it now as a sign of the agitation and anxiousness I feel approaching the surgery.

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