PSoTD

It's not that minor. Bad thing can happen.

And all the other wonderful things that kids call cleft chins.

I guess I'm no doctor. Ortho looked at my knee, I get an MRI today, but he thinks it is a meniscus tear (torn cartilage). Arthroscopy likely. Apparently pretty common for people my age. That's a saying I'm going to learn to hate - people my age.

But I don't get canker sores very much any more...

A new over-the-counter patch may help canker sores heal faster.

Scientists (including the patch's inventor) announced that news today in New Orleans at the 85th general session of the International Association for Dental Research.

The researchers studied 46 adults with recurrent canker sores, also called recurrent aphthous ulcers.

Half of the patients received the patches, called Cankermelts, which the researchers say contain licorice extract to curb inflammation. Those patients were told to put the herbal patch over their canker sore for 16 hours per day but not to wear the patches while sleeping.

For comparison, the other patients didn't get the patches and agreed not to use any other canker sore treatment.

Every day for eight days, the patients rated their canker sore pain and got their canker sores photographed and checked by the researchers.

Before treatment, the patients' average canker sore pain and average canker sore size was similar for both groups.

But by the end of the eight-day study, the patients who wore the canker sore patches had less canker sore pain and smaller canker sores than the untreated group.

Well, although it seemed like my recuperation from my knee injury in late February was close to complete, and I was feeling pretty good about my self-diagnosis and treatment, I re-injured it Friday and I'm now convinced that a look by an orthopedist is required. Pretty disappointing, I had gotten back to playing basketball with very little pain, and then I mess up my knee again chasing a softball down a hill.