Purrs in route Victor
.  You better listen to Tom  you got to sleep next him.  You better listen
or you won't get to watch TV in bed ;-)

purrs it is nothing, and bless your mate for caring, Lee

Purrs on the way. I hope if you do play tennis it doesn't cause further
damage.

First purrs for your knee to be just a minor injury.  But even if worse
comes to worst, surgery for this now-a-days is done laparoscopically and
usually requires a small amount of healing and/or rehabilitation.

Second - having suffered for years with a knee injury I made worse by
ignoring, I can tell you this categorically - you WILL regret having
exercised on an injured knee.  I have had pain in my knee almost every day
of my life after I hit 45.  You don't understand how it is to live with knee
pain since you don't really realize how often you put stress on your knee in
your every day life (at least until it starts hurting every time you rise or
walk).  Please take it easy and forgo the short-term pleasure of your tennis
match for the long-term complete recovery of you injury.

Hugs,

CatNipped

The tournament lasts a weekend.  You need your knee to last another
forty-or-fifty plus years.   Which is most important to you?   MLB

Purrs that it is nothing serious.  Unless the doctor makes it clear that you
can't play in the tournament, please ask him specifically and do what he
tells you.  I compete in speech contests, so I understand the lure of
competition.  However, one tournament isn't worth the chance of doing
permanent damage.

oh dear, purrs and prayers you're ok. But if there's pain
DON'T aggravate it by playing tennis. ::kisses & hugs::

Lily & her mama

Purrs and good luck!

Purrs on the way

Knees are so touchy.  I have trouble with mine, too (running).  Purrs that
it's nothing serious.

I had a torn meniscus about eighteen years ago. After several weeks of
pain that got no better (nor worse, thank goodness) I finally saw an
orthopedist.  He told me there was no "cure" but surgery, which he would
definitely recommend if I were younger.  (Apparently there's quite
lengthy rehab involved.)  Had I been older, he would have advised me to
live with it, but he said at the age I was then, it was pretty much a
matter of choice - how much discomfort was I willing to put up with.
  I thought it over for a few months, discovered the pain was sometimes
 severe, sometimes non-existent.  I used a kind of knee-brace called a
"Cho-pat" for several years (it's a padded strap that fits around the
leg just below the knee, and is designed to keep the knee cap in its
proper place).  Eventually it healed itself (although I had thought
cartilage doesn't heal).  In any case, although I sometimes have lots of
stiffness in my joints, especially after a long session at the computer,
the knee seems as good as it ever was.

If your problem IS a torn meniscus, be guided by the degree of pain it
causes to use the knee.  Like everything else, there are evidently
different degrees of severity, so you might be able to play your
tournament if you're willing to put up with the pain.  (But of course,
let your doctor have the final say.)

Purrs for it to be nothing serious and purrs for Tom calling the doc
about not playing.  Yikes - being the owner of two completely trashed
knees DON'T DO IT!!!!!!  I am a runner at heart and can never run again.
 There are few things that I regret in life but ignoring my knee pain
repeatedly is one of them.

Back then I didn't have a purring cat to set on them to heal them though ;-)

Susan M
Otis and CHester

Purrs on the way for it to be easily corrected.  And tell Tom to hide
your blasted tennis racket until you know what's going on with your knee.

Sam, supervised by Mistletoe