I'm more broken than you

[Greg]

I made the decision to move to one crutch. If i didn't, I probably wouldn't have been able to feed the cats in the garage. Moving around is making it a little better but I can sense the sharp pain waiting for me if I make the wrong move.

Thank you, Crutches. You've given me quite the core workout the last two days.

[Greg]

If I had a sword cane, I'd be using that. Instead I'm using one of the Queen's hiking poles. The crutches are back in the closet.

[Drunk Monk]

Sword canes are a felony. I have at least two. One is quite nice. The other is mediocre at best. I would never walk with either of them because both are obvious enough and that would be a dumb reason to get busted. 

I also have a chain whip cane. It unscrews into a chain whip. That one is heavy and it takes a long time to unscrew so it's not very practical as weapons go. I got that because it was such a curiosity.

[Greg]

Fine. Then I am getting this piece of foolery.

[Drunk Monk]

Those are cool but like my chain cane whip, kinda dumb. If you have to take the time to unscrew all those functions, it loses a lot of immediate effectiveness. Just clobber them with the solid cane. 

I still recite my dragon head cane form nearly every week. I've even been doing it with my recent injury, tai chi speed. The frustrating thing is that this form has an extreme tornado kick that I can't quite do anymore. I definitely won't be able to do it when I need a cane. 

https://www.facebook.com/KisuStars/video...1623177723

[King Bob]

Nunchuck cane is one I haven't seen yet but at least as good of an idea

[Drunk Monk]

My chain cane whip could be a nunchuck cane if I only unscrew one joint. It’s a 3 section staff if I unscrew 2 joints. 
TC carried nunchuck batons. Those are heavy and brutal. Again, I’d just hit them with the baton and not bother to unscrew it.

[thatguy]

If one had a gun cane that was non-functional because at one time it had been fired with the cap on the end and thus "backfired"...would that be illegal? 

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

With any weapon, it’s up to the arresting officer.

[King Bob]

Asking for a friend?

[Greg]

Okay. I'm walking unassisted. The knee feels fine if I walk on flat level ground. On the road up or downhill, it feels a bit squirrelly. My doesn't like walking on uneven ground like the dirt in the garden or the front yard. I still have yet to try the steps in front of the house, but I'm getting better at the slight steps in and out of the house. I will never look down on anyone hesitating before steps again.

All that being said, the pain that I went to the doctor for in the first place, wherein I received the Arthritis diagnosis, is gone. Still some weird stiffness. Still some sharp pain if I move the leg in a wrong direction. But the constant pain has departed. For the moment.

The knee brace arrives today.

[King Bob]

Brace up! (as they said numerous times in some samurai movie)

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

I've been braced since my last 2 days in Hamsterdam. Unfortunately, pain is not receding and the joint is crunchy (I can feel something shift when I move the joint). I've had this before and it ends in either surgery or the offending bit relocates on it's own. Stairs/hills at a slow pace, knee is unstable on unstable ground. Stairs are Public Enemy #1, however

[Greg]

Crap. Take care of yourself, phoneless one.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Thanks. I've had box seats at the Knee Rodeo for decades, though, and this is not the worst (though it is worse than I tell H; she worries too much and I want her to enjoy her Victory Tour in Europe). I'l schedule an MRI next week. I'll upgrade my brace on Monday.