The first night of three to four very looooooong weeks.

You know what I LOOOOOOVE to hear? I love it when a doctor says "yeah Mike, we see this a lot with endurance athletes YOUR AGE." What!?! My age? Dude, I'm only 37! But, I guess he knows what he's talking about - insert sad face. As it stands both the doc and the ortho believe that I have a tear in my left meniscus from...in his words "to many miles." I'm not a fan of surgery...ever...so we're working through this naturally. Believe it or not they let me choose. The recovery time is longer but long term it recovers strong...or so they say. I have a followup in two weeks with an MRI and then again one to two weeks after that. So, no jiu jistu, karate, running or squats for three to four weeks. Insert another sad face.