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My knees got really bad this past week. Both of them, but a different set of symptoms for each. I realized that I may have a serious problem when I could barely walk after the show the other night. So, they sent me to the hospital. Great.

First I saw a "doctor." It's in quotes because the guy seemed to be a moron. He poked and prodded, asked little-to-no questions, made some notes in my chart and sent me in for x-rays. He did all that without giving me the slightest idea of what might be wrong with me, or how to fix it. Thankfully he also sent me to a physical therapist.

The physical therapist asked plenty of questions about the show and what I might be doing to cause the injury. Whenever a pull or a poke caused me pain she asked for details of exactly how and where it hurt. Better than all that, she told me the nature of the injury, and what to do to correct it.

The worst part of my visit with the PT, involved the war dance. I've mentioned it before. It's sixty people running around the stage armed and in warpaint doing warlike choreography which climaxes with the symbolic killing of a warrior dressed as The White Wolf, and finishes with The Hawk Run (seven warriors with seven tomahawks run at the warpole and chunk them into it). It's my favorite part of the show, and I have been out of it this week because of the knees. After I described the dance to the PT the conversation went like this:

PT: If you're smart, you won't go back into that dance for the rest of the summer.

Joey: What?! But it's the coolest part of the show.

PT: Yeah? It's cool, eh? Well, how cool is knee surgery before you're thirty?

Damn. You can't argue with that.

COMMENTS:

Does that mean you have to quit the show?
ed 07.17.06 - 2:54 am

Maybe you could dress up a Segway like a horse and do a low-impact version of the war dance. That would be wicked sweet.
Josh 07.17.06 - 4:01 pm

You should saw your leg off now, and say "No need for knee surgery now, doc, you lose this round!"
therealdavid 07.17.06 - 7:17 pm

Don't forget to kick him with your stump too!
Josh 07.17.06 - 7:42 pm

No, I'm not out of the show, though I would like to be. I am out of the dance, and all my fight choreography has been adjusted to accomadate my knees, which means that this show is no longer challenging or fun for me. I'm bored.
And I'm ready to come home to my babe and my kitties.
Sigh.
Joey 07.18.06 - 11:52 am

Just imagine how challenging and fun it would be if you had to act out the scene with ONLY ONE LEG!
Think about it...
therealdavid 07.19.06 - 10:28 am

Leggings/knee braces.
Guillermo 07.20.06 - 9:08 pm

sucks ass and welcome to the wonderful world of knobble knees.
therealestdavid aka david prim 07.22.06 - 11:28 pm