Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia

There were plenty of people wandering around, but for a moment they were all hidden behind the lighthouse, and I took this photo.

"If there is a doctor on this flight, would you please identify yourself?"

Thankfully, I'm not the sort of Dr. that "does anyone any good."

I took this photo just after we landed in San Francisco and pulled up at the gate (from Toronto, as scheduled). You can just about see the doctor's white hair and the EMT guy standing behind him in the center of the photo. You can't see the patient, even if you enlarge the photo. He's sitting down. After I took the photo, the patient got up and walked off the plane, seemingly without any problem.

Diagnosis

After today's MRI and a meeting with a sports medicine guy at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, I've got a diagnosis for my pesky left knee problems— Iliotibial Band Syndrome.

"There's no need for surgery—you need to stretch and strengthen your left leg. I'd give you a PT referral, but it all comes down to the stretching."

I'd gotten this probable diagnosis already from Christine (Gloria's personal trainer), 10 months ago.

She knew what she was talking about (even as she marvelled at my inflexibility).

"The MRI scans do not lie," summarized the Sports medicine guy.