I met with a very kind and "old school"orthopedic surgeon today who said that my knees are no worse than anyone else's my age--and that the only place I have "no cartilage" is in my knee CAP of the OTHER knee--which is why I cannot and never will be able to squat properly, Carlene-fashion.
I can give up squatting, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!
As for the pain while driving, he gave me large doses of ibuprofen for driving days--and is sending me a report from this exam in the mail, including certain exercises for the back, which is actually where the problem is.
I'll be doing shorter drives for a while and being careful how and what I lift and doing prescribed exercises, yoga and possibly pilates.
This is one of those do-it-yourself things, turns out, and I'm hugely relieved that surgery is not in my summer plans.
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