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He Asked About Seasons, Not Just Pain

The first sitting was mostly questions. Which joints trouble me first. When it began. Whether the stiffness is worse at dawn or after rest. He asked about my tiredness, about illnesses I had years ago, about the work itself. Then he bent my knees slowly, pressed along my back, and made me open and close both fists while he watched. Nothing was rushed, and nothing was decided that day.

Why He Wanted Blood Tests and Pictures

He read my earlier reports first, then said he needed blood tests and pictures of my knees and hands before settling on any plan. Guessing would not do, he said. The tests help him separate one cause of pain from another. I would return with the results, and only then talk about the road ahead.

A Plan Measured in Months

He was plain with me from the start. Trouble like this is not finished in one visit. It is looked after slowly, over months, and some days will still be bad days. My existing medicines stay exactly as prescribed. I do not stop them on a good morning just because my knees feel kinder, and I never adjust them myself. Any change is for the doctor who prescribed them to make.

What the Reviews Are For

At each follow-up he checks the same things. How long the morning stiffness lasts now. Whether I climb the rows any easier. Whether the tiredness has lifted at all. Then he adjusts the plan a little, never all at once. He also said it honestly: if a joint gets damaged beyond what his care can fix, he will send me to a surgeon instead. My cousin actually needed that route for a ruined knee, which is how I later looked through the general surgeon listings for Habiganj for him.

Questions I Asked at the Garden Gate

Will I have to leave tea work?

He said that is not the aim. The aim is to keep me working with less pain, and to watch how my body answers over the months ahead.

Why does the stiffness hit hardest in the morning?

Joints like mine often stiffen after long rest, he explained, and loosen once I move. He tracks that pattern at every visit.

Can I just take rest for a month instead?

Rest alone had stopped working for me. He said rest matters, but it cannot settle trouble that keeps spreading from joint to joint.

How often will I need to come back?

Early on the visits are closer together. The gap grows if the plan holds steady and my reports stay calm.

Will the pain go away fully?

He made no such promise. He said progress is usually gradual, measured in easier mornings and steadier work, not in a sudden cure.

If a joint suddenly turns hot and swollen overnight, should I wait for my next visit?

No. A joint that turns hot, swollen and very painful all at once means hospital the same day. The same goes for fever coming with joint pain, or a joint that suddenly will not move at all.