But the pain did not go away so I went to my doctor at the beginning of August. I told him what I had and he sent me to Dr. Froese who is a knee "specialist". He looked at my knee, heard what I had to say, and believed it was a torn cartilage. So he booked a knee scope and possible surgery for November first. That gave me a couple of months to make arrangements to get to the Seven Oaks Hospital.

At first I was scared of the upcoming surgery because one mistake would have me suffer with it for the rest of my life. Another worry was the lack of wages during the recuperating time after the surgery.

The day of the surgery I was driven to the hospital by my cousin. The nurse sent me to the locker room to change into a gown, slippers and a robe. They had me seated in a lazy boy chair and given a warm blanket. Then they took me to physiotherapy where they gave me crutches and showed me how to use them properly. They showed me my exercises to strengthen my knee so it will go back to normal after surgery is all over.