Middle-aged Mutant Ninja Chicken

I have crappy knees.  I'm not sure when this happened exactly or when I came to this revelation, but I'm not happy about it.  It's bad enough that I turned 40 (which reminds me, I should probably update my little "About Me" section), anyhoo... It's bad enough that I turned 40, but to have to admit that I have ARTHRITIS in my freakin' knees too?!  What a load!  I went to the Ortho doc who sent me to physical therapy and it helped a lot, but still the creaking and crunching and popping in my right knee were about to drive me nutso, so I sucked it up and went in today for an injection of SynVisc.  SynVisc is a fluid made from the combs of roosters (I'm crappin' you negative here) that supposedly will help supplement the synovial fluid in my knee joint, basically allowing my knee to move freely without rubbing and scraping against stuff.

The needle stick wasn't too bad, the gelatinous fluid going into my knee joint, yea, I could have lived without that.  It was a slow process to get almost 10cc of fluid in there.  And about half way through I heard AND felt this audible crunchy POP!  I almost fainted.  It didn't hurt, but the sensation was thoroughly foreign and henceforth a little overwhelming.  I managed not to pass out, but I was definitely a little ooky and nauseous for awhile.  I was able to leave on my own and drive home, but ICK.

Since I've been home, things have gotten a little strange.  I'm beginning to wonder if something went wrong.  I felt the need to pile things up on the couch and sit right in the middle and wait.

 And wait. 

And wait.

 Then I jumped up and ran outside and started to scratch madly at the ground.  And when I saw that beetle, I just couldn't help myself!  It was disgusting, really crunchy and bitter, but what could I do?  I seem to have perpetual "goose bumps" and my skin is feeling really scaly and dry!  And if that weren't bad enough, I have more than once felt a strong urge to peck my kids in the head.  HARD.  And let me just say, if you know what's good for you, you won't be eyeballin' me today!  But, you'll have to excuse me, I see a big fat caterpillar climbing up the window outside and that sucker is MINE!  Pa-CAAAAAWWWW!