I went to my doctor today because my right knee is swollen and painful beyond belief again...Doc said that the cartilage in my knee might be eroding or damaged...I have had on-and-off right knee trouble since injuring it during a high-school track meet, I came off the blocks wrong at the start of an event, and my right knee took the brunt of the fall...I am rather right-side dominant physically because of minimal brain damage during birth(and probably from mom's addiction to alcohol and Valium), so I have to use my right knee a lot when I climb stairs...I got a steroid injection, but doc really wants me to get an X-ray of the knee and said no more injections until I do. So I have to go to my local radiology center at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center(they are the best at what they do I know from experience)..this scares me, but I cannot have an active life like I want to have with this pain...I am so fed up, this has to happen my first semester at college..I was stifling tears on the bus ride home, I was in such pain..am now on Ultracet. The first 24 hours after a shot are always hard for me. If anyone can relate, feel free to post here...I feel so alone and scared with this.