i was just telling Cambell at the meet yesterday about when i was applying tyre gell yesterday morning and as i stood up from my crouched position my knee gave a kind of locking feeling, followed by a "click" sound then to be followed by PAIN!

last night was murder ... lucky if i slept 45 min's all night, went to my GP this morning, followed by an X-ray to be told ive got a chipped peice of bone, from either my knee cap or cartlige floating about the rear area of my knee cap .. he signed me off work for a week and told me if it's no better by thursday then i may need a small operation to remove the small floating bone

1st ive ever been signed of work and the first time in 6 yrs that ive even had 1 sick-day

and the rule's of my work are that if you are seen outside while on sick leave then you are well enough to be at your work! (unless your on a doctor/hospital visit) ..

I'M A PRISIONER IN MY OWN HOME!!!

PS, my Knee is f-e-k'n killin me

Thats crap news mate, you did look in pain.

The rules of your work are absolutely uninforcable, everybody has the right to free movement and if your doctor recons you're not able to be at work or that the work you do may aggrivate the injury, its his / her decision to sign you off in your best interest.

How else would you be able to get the shopping etc, don't go down the "send the wife" route, thats sexist and she can have you done for that.

Dont you just love a PC world !!

"send the wife" .. no fear!

  i'd never ask my wife to do such a thing, i'd just phone her at work, she's branch manager for a local family buisness .. which take's in 5 grocery stores

Doctor ruled me out of work due to me walking on steel & concrete flooring and i'm up and down metal stairway's all day (dunno how i'm the size i am?) i wouldn't like to think i'd get that sort of treatment from my employer/managers due to my above average time keeping 18+yr's and only 5 day's sick .. sone be 9!  but they have "warned" folk in the past about being out when they called in sick, supose it may be down to the reason they called in sick with?

Sorry to hear that Ian.I hope you feel better soon.

But remember if you are bored at home there is always a best friend waiting on you ...

--internet--ebay--car tuning&styling--bmw--enter

Tomski wrote: But remember if you are bored at home there is always a best friend waiting on you ... --internet--ebay--car tuning&styling--bmw--enter

haha .. Tomski, ive been on the WWW most of this afternoon looking at part's for my E30 convertable  

my Knee is quite a bit better now, i can nearly put weight on it! .. the folk next door to me must have had a laugh earlier tonight as i washed my car and my wifes car  i was hobbling about like a "un-balanced person!"  tying hard not to bend my leg or put to much weight on it.

stevie53 wrote: you can sit and watch day time tv all wk

KILLER .. i can't sit down at the best of time's  

i had to do a "under cover" trip today, the wiper's packed in on my wife's car and i drove to her work to sort them (ain't auto boxes great) .. there i was sun beating down on me .. well it was a very nice day compaired to the past wee while .. any way .. there i was, big jacket on zipped up to my nose, wolly bonnet on my head pulled down to .. my nose!  bent over her windscreen fixing the wiper linkage when all i hear is a guy i work with passing by and shouting "Hoy Ya Nutter ..Get Tae Yer Work"   .. caught!

got a phone call from him tonight all he said was, how the hell do you think know one will ever see you oot N aboot when your on the sick .. specially when you drive the biggest, cleanest BMW in the area? ..

Day time TV

And i know all about that from last year