  So I went to the doctor's today to go over the results of my most recent x-rays. As I suspected....nothing was to be had! Well of course not, it's not my bones that are giving me trouble....it's all the other stuff....you know the stuff that doesn't show up on x-rays!
like ligaments, tendons, cartilage. So this is what he said. He suspects now that it's not my cartilage, but a frontal ligament that's messed up on my right leg. He did take notice of the difference in size in my two quads and showed me some exercises I can do to help build the smaller one up. The pain and swelling that started on the weekend in my other knee (the one with the torn ligament) was probably the cartilage right under the knee cap that's been irritated.
So he wrote me a prescription for some extremely expensive anti-inflammatory and told me to...........exercise more! Uh yeah okay. I'll add an hour to my already daily exercise routine. Oh and I'm probably looking at another 6 months, just to see the surgeon (it's already been 6 months) - I haven't even met the guy yet! So I'll probably be retired and unable to walk by the time I finally have this flipping surgery! I have a headache....time for bed. 
