“You need to lose weight. That’s why you’re limping on that knee. Take some weight off and it will lessen the pressure inside your knee.” I had marked “yes” to the question Did I have uneven gait or difficulty walking? on the new patient questionnaire. So someone snagged a passing neurologist and had him make a snap judgement after watching me walk about 20 steps down the hall. He took no history, did not look at chart notes – and managed to completely offend me in 5 minutes or less. He saw my weight and looked no further. I limp on that knee because it got torn up when I was a skinny teenager, and I have chronic tendonitis with some pretty painful acute episodes. The meniscus is fine. The cartilage is fine. But the tendons going over the top of my kneecap are not – and weight makes not one bit of difference.
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