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"I was really worried I was going to need someone to take care of me now."
“I've had a little bit of knee pain throughout my life, but I found ways around it. I used to run, I did yoga, I stayed active. But more recently I tried some more rigorous things and hurt my knee to the point where I was having trouble walking.
It got so bad that to go upstairs where I slept, I felt like I had to pull myself up the rail. To wash clothes, I had to go downstairs — and I would wait because I wasn’t sure I could make it back up. Even going to the grocery store, I’d think, ‘If I park too far away, I won’t make it unless I can hang onto a cart.’ That was scary.
Just normal, everyday things were getting hard. I was scared — like, what am I gonna do? I’m getting older, is this how it’s going to go? Is this where things shut off? Do I have to have someone take care of me? I went from doing all sorts of activities to doing none. That was the lowest point.”
