Why oh why oh why: Nigel's woes

In 2009 when I first climbed Kilimanjaro, I managed to break my left wrist in training. Would it heal in time? Would I be able to go? Fortunately it did. But only just.

Then, almost defying sense and reason, in 2011 whilst training for the second attempt on Kilimanjaro I managed to break my right wrist in training. Only me yeah? Would it heal in time? Fortunately again, it did. But only just.

And so it is with this challenge. My last cycle was over a week ago now and I cannot at the moment even get on a bike. Just over a week ago I tried an endurance period of 4 days cycling 40 miles each day one after the other and, at the end of the fourth day my knees started to swell up. The left leg is swollen in the picture but the right is just as bad now. Six days later and they are still the same and stubbornly refuse to go down. I'm unable to cycle and they hurt. I've tried physio, anti inflammatory tablets...........you name it and it's been tried. 

Hmmm. So I'm going to rest up totally until Thursday when I'm off to Portugal with Antonio, Ally and Lisa for a few days on a bike. At the moment that thought is a bit of a pipe dream.

Pray to the knee gods people !!