Work crawled to a halt since I can't walk or drive due to knee injury

SUDDEN KNEE PAIN AND INABILITY TO BEAR WEIGHT

A week ago when rising from a chair, I felt a severe pain in my knee. I was not able to straighten the leg more than about 75 to 80% without incurring the pain, but could bear weight when bent. When this didn't ease up within a reasonable time, I visited an emergency room. I was referred to an Orthopedic Surgeon whose office I visited the next day.

By midweek the knee was scanned by MRI and an appoint set for Monday (tomorrow) for the surgeon to complete a diagnosis and work out a treatment plan. The preliminary assessment was a mechanical block due to a meniscus tear, but the actual soft tissue damage depends on the reading of the MRI. 

CAN'T DRIVE AND NEED MOBILITY DEVICES TO MOVE AROUND

I am unable to reliably move my right leg to operate a motor vehicle. The only way I can walk putting weight on the leg is to bend way over into a Chuck Berry like duckwalk so that both knees are at a significant bend. This is not very practical.

I have a walker that lets me hop along. I can put a bit of weight onto the bad leg if I bend the foot backwards and behind me, pushing the toe tops onto the ground. This again is not practical. Thus, I have to hop with the walker or ride on an electric mobility scooter that I rented. 

SHOP TIME IS OUT FOR THE TIME BEING

Due to this, I can't get to my workshop and continue the projects. Only work that can be done at home on a laptop is feasible. 

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