Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Tales from the Doctor's Office

I hope you guys are happy - I went to the doctor today for my knee!

After x-rays and the reviewing of them, Doc said that nothing is seriously hurt - there's no broken bones or torn ligaments. The pain can therefore be attributed to one of two things:
1) Ripped patella tendon (which is the majority of my pain). I have to ice it and take all of the medicine that the ER doctor gave me (I stopped after a few days).

If it's not much better by Friday, then I have to call Doc, and he'll get me set up with an MRI because...

2) It could be a problem with the cartilage.

He asked me if I was going to give up running, and I said for a month and he said good idea.

Therefore, I will not run until AT LEAST February 2. Until then, I'll be at the gym a lot, getting buff again.

Cheers!

4 comments:

Junie B said...

well THAT sucks but at least there is some good news! did he clear you to walk the half?

Unknown said...

Good report. Now be smart. And have some M & M's while you're at it.

Jill said...

Buff is good!

Anonymous said...

Well done, Erica. News sounds good. If you don't walk the half you can wander over to mile 21.5 and have a blast with your clubmates (shameless plug).

Steeeve