Some claim that muscle atrophy, chronic joint pain and other physical ailments accompany people who suffer from severe gluten intolerance or full-blown Celiac’s disease. When people ask me if I have experienced any of this during my childhood I can not help but think back to the slew of injuries I had over my youth. Were they because I was an overly physical player, playing in too many leagues or was there an underlining physical disadvantage that I was unaware of growing up. Leg’s feeling like jello, tight back and neck issues, chronic muscle fatigue? Who knows.

What I do know is that doctor’s use to pin my right knee ailments on poor circulation to my extremities however, more recent and accurate testing has shown that it was due to under development of the right side of my knee. Genetic glitch or under developed sections of my body because of a young person growing up, constantly poisoning themselves with food they shouldn’t be having? All good questions. This Tuesday, the second of hopefully last 2 knee surgeries I’ll need took place as I was given a bone graft/transplant from a cadaver knee. Hopefully he doesn’t have any bubble boy ailments either. The surgery will cause me to be laid up for six weeks on crutches and then depending on the progress of the recovery, will start to walk and down the road run full speed again. The biggest test in all of this is being able to cook while hopping around in the kitchen. The first few days have been tough, especially when I attempt to cook more complex dishes for lunch and dinner. But that is no reason to slip up with the diet. If anything it will have to be even more spot on since exercise is basically out of the question until basic physical therapy begins in a few weeks. For play-by-play during my recovery you can find my entries under the “Me & The Knee” page.