the genetics of weakne[e]ss
Nov. 9th, 2001 05:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aslantit's not the tendons. it's no obscure muscle. it's not the ligaments or the connective tissues. it's the cartilege. i have little or no cartilege. when i run, that pain? is my bones pressing together like panicked folding hands. fervent prayers.
my grandfathers both take glucosamine condroityn for cartilege repair and protection. they swear by it. hunting is now possible. ice-skating is now possible. this after years of grimacing knee-free activities and crutches and threats of knee replacement. i wonder if i am altogether too young to take their funny drug? or perhaps just too arrogant.
i can get humble. just don't ask me to bend down on my knees. please, please. don't let my cartilege disappear, don't leave me a limper on the corner. let me run & run & escape this body.
o pathetic.
my grandfathers both take glucosamine condroityn for cartilege repair and protection. they swear by it. hunting is now possible. ice-skating is now possible. this after years of grimacing knee-free activities and crutches and threats of knee replacement. i wonder if i am altogether too young to take their funny drug? or perhaps just too arrogant.
i can get humble. just don't ask me to bend down on my knees. please, please. don't let my cartilege disappear, don't leave me a limper on the corner. let me run & run & escape this body.
o pathetic.
