Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby View Post
One Doctor said "Ballet school" which helped tremendously.
That's so funny, mimi--I had a similar experience as a child. When I was about 5, my dad thought I was bow-legged, and the doc said they should try sending me to ballet school to encourage my legs to grow straighter or at least to make them strong. I don't remember anyone saying anything about my kneecaps pointing outward--I guess "bowlegged" was a pretty standard description for knee anomalies in those days (mid 1950s).

Anyway, I hated the ballet teacher, who smoked and drank Coke (straight, I think) while we practiced. And her school was the only game in town, so that didn't last long. Now, like you, 40-some years later, my wonky kneecaps are making their presence known. But yes, it wasn't until I tried to change them that they started complaining--now I've learned to just let them have their way in all their wonkiness, and they'll take me wherever I want to go.