knee injury

I thought that my knee injury last Monday was just one of those minor
accidents. My Taekwondo instructor told me to rest and have it
checked after a week.
I went to Manila Doctors Hospital the following day, Tuesday, because
I didn't sleep well from the pain. My doctor thought I had torn a
ligament and prescribed diclofenac for the pain and swelling and an
x-ray.
I got the x-ray result last Wednesday and it didn't say anything about
ligaments.
It wasn't, however, good because I had another accident that morning.
Aside from the pain from my bent knee when I rode a Bacood jeepney to
work, my left knee collapsed when I stepped down the Punta jeepney at
KFC in Mendiola. It was so painful that I would just have crumpled on
the road had not the two women passengers before me helped me to the
sidewalk. Then, one of the pedicab drivers that I have befriended
years ago and who saw what happened brought me to the office. One of
my driver-friends in the office carried my knapsack and assisted me to
our room.
Knowing this, my doctor said that he already had a theory but needed
me to have an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to be sure.
I had an MRI at the Medical Center Manila yesterday, Thursday. It was
quite an experience, an expensive one :) It felt like being put to
the tomb, feet first :) I asked the technician if he could keep me
company in the room but he said that he had to operate at the other
side. He said that I wouldn't be really alone in the room because he
could see me from the mirror and I could hear him from the speaker.
There was also a microphone in my side so I could talk to him, if
needed.
Anyway, my doctor advised me to take a one week leave of absence or
wear a knee brace.
And this Friday, he advised me to get an operation :(

sayong
04-04-08-