Happy Birthday Dad!

Today was my dad's birthday, and he decided to join us on the trip to the clinic.
After the clinic we had plans to go out for a birthday lunch.
So, with a midday appointment, and a later start, we headed off to the clinic to see what the scan would reveal.
I signed in at the reception desk, and was taken to a room which had dimmed lighting, and was asked to sit on the doctors bed thing that you sometimes have to lie on when you visit the doctor.
After a 20min wait, the doctor arrived and we chatted for a while.
It turned out the scan was an ultrasound one.
So i sat and watched fascinated as the doctor ran a little scanner over my knee that he had just covered in a KY jelly stuff, and the ultrasound showed pictures of my knee and the muscles attaching the various parts together.
I asked him a lot of questions, and he compared the 2 knees in various places, and at the end of it all declared that the scan had been inconclusive, and that the only real way to see what was wrong, was to undergo an MRI scan.
So, he wrote a letter to the specialist in George, and suggested an MRI be the way to go.
I have an appointment with him in George thursday to set a date for my MRI now.
After the scan, we headed off to the waterfront area for lunch.

Thursday i have to be at the pick up point at the clinic in town here at 6.30am. I get taken, along with a taxi full of others, to all the stops along the way, until we arrive in George, and then when everyone is done for the day, we head back again, arriving back around 5pm tomorrow evening.
It is all provided by the hospital as a free service, which is quite brilliant really.
George Hospital is setting standards of excellence in South Africa, and has been chosen as a pioneer in a new NHS type system that the UK currently employs.
Lets see what tomorrow holds in store. I am praying that my next appointment with a certain MRI machine, will be in the not too distant future.
In the meantime, its exercises 6 days a week, slowly strengthening my leg muscles and knee.
The range of motion in my left knee is now about 110 degrees, a massive improvement from a month ago when it was only around 70 degrees!
As directed by my physio, i have been trying as much as possible to make a normal walking motion using my crutches, with my injured foot touching the ground with as much weight as is comfortable.
My quad is very stiff most of the time, but i am sure this will diminish over time.