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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mad_Jack" data-source="post: 6995116" data-attributes="member: 6750306">I once found an old pre-Atari 2600-era game system at a yard sale - can't remember the name of it, but it had two built-in knob controllers and was hardwired to play four different versions of Pong... I wish I'd kept it, lol - I could have sold it to a museum or something. So...New Years Eve, I was headed down the sidewalk (which has a slight downward slant at the end) to my driveway when I slid on the ice. Having quick reflexes and good balance, I instinctively dropped down into a crouch to minimize falling distance, and thus just basically tipped over onto my butt.However, at some point I somehow managed to hit the lower part of the point of my left knee on the ice. It didn't hurt much, I still had full mobility, and didn't even leave a visible bruise.And yet, almost two weeks later, it still hurts in the spot where I hit it, and the area below my kneecap has that tingly, stretchy feeling when I bend it.I have determined, with my massive amount of medical expertise (and a Google search to confirm my diagnosis), that I have slightly strained my patellar tendon and slightly bruised my patella... <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/cry.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":.-(" title="Cry    :.-(" data-shortname=":.-(" />This is... irritating. It bothers me when I move around too much, or brush against something. My back and my other knee start bothering me when I sit or lie down too long, even when it's not cold (and I keep my house at 58 degrees F all winter to save money), so I can't really get entirely comfortable no matter what I do.People assume that, because my hobbies include things like mini painting that take a great deal of time and care, I have a correspondingly great deal of patience. This is decidedly not the case. I especially hate having to wait on things I have no ability to hurry along or the completion/progress of which is dependent on other people, particularly when doing so interrupts my ability to do other things. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil    :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /></blockquote>

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