I began experiencing pain in my knee that was radiating towards my hip. This was reminiscent of pain I had several years prior. This pain was treated with a knee arthroscopic surgery. With that experience I suspected I had somehow re-injured my knee. I saw a physical therapist but therapy made it worse. Progressively the pain increased and I was loosing mobility. It reached a point where I could not longer bend to put on my own sock or cross my legs. I was scared because the limp was aggravating my back and neck. I’ve been a manager of Human Services with the US Postal Service for 30 years I was finding it painful just to sit a my desk. Getting up was terrible and embarrassing. My last straw was feeling chronically tired because if I moved in my sleep pain would awaken me.

Bonnie Fitzgerald