answer:Most of last year. I twisted my knee pretty badly – pulled several muscles, for a while the doc thought the meniscus was damaged, but eventually decided it wasn’t. Anyway, I walked in pain, with and without cane, for the better part of the year. Eventually the pain and inflammation dissipated, but I do get the occasional twinge. I had to still go to work, still be involved with family stuff, still be walking and driving as much as usual. It wasn’t fun. But – it ended after a while.