Figuring it out!

I have been told by my Doctors that I have always had Muscular Dystrophy.  I am the fourth boy out of six children.  All my life I played sports.  I was always slower than my brothers, but I could play baseball, Soccer, and football fairly well.  When you play sports you have injuries.  I have always contributed my week knees to the multiple knee injuries I had playing sports.  In my late thirties and into my late forties I lifted weights and did yoga to stay in shape and keep my weight down.  When I was 45 years old I started to fall down alot and have a lot of trouble getting up off the floor while doing yoga.  No reason, just make a turn to quick, down I would go.  I also started to have a lot of pain in my lower back and knees when I would weight lift.  I thought that my old knee injuries had finally reached the point where I needed surgery to clean up what was messed up. 

I went to see my wife’s orthopedist to have X-rays done to determine what the plan of action was going to be.  Looking at the X-rays the Doctor pointed out the excessive buildup of fat around my knees.  The X-rays did show cartilage damage, but the concern was with the fat buildup around my knees.