Chronic Pain

Over the last week or so, the 'chronic' pain that I felt God healed back in March, has returned.     I am not sure why God has allowed it to come back, but I am thankful that I was gone while it was.   I didn't think about this at the time, but looking back I can see that God knew what I was going though and what I was about to go through over the next month.   I believe that He eased the pain to help me though that time - both of emotional pain and stress in school work.    No only has the neck pain returned (it feels worse - but that is hard to say, considering that I went from almost nothing to everything just like that) - it has more solid "pop"'s when I move it certain ways (I do not like that sound, but it helps the pain temporarily (I think)).  The pain in my knees has also returned.  I have been feeling the pain in my right knee a lot more than before - which makes since as that is the knee that has some irregularity in it (as seen on the X-Rays).   I haven't been able to find a pattern for the pain yet, but it comes and goes all the time - I find myself having a bit of a limp a lot more frequently.   I also noticed that today, I had a ton of pain in my left knee - like I use to have - so this morning my limp was on the other leg.     I am thinking I may go ahead and take my rheumatologist's "order" and get an MRI on my right knee along with a few blood work tests.    I also am behind in setting up a few other appointments on my list of things to do, such as a dentist and chiropractor appointment.