Ankle’s Away
November 14th, 2006
This didn’t scan well, but it’s one of many MRI views I have of my right ankle. As mentioned here, I have a running injury. My first in 33 years of pounding the pavement. Frankly, I started blogging because I couldn’t go running every evening, as was my habit for many years.
Initially I was told it was tendonitis, and I went through six weeks of physical therapy. It still hurt, so a second doctor ordered the MRI. He said it looked fine. But the truth is, it isn’t fine, it still hurts, I can’t run on it, and it isn’t getting better.
Friday afternoon I’m taking the MRI films to a podiatrist surgeon who comes highly recommended. If I’m going to run the Boston Marathon, the week between Christmas and New Year’s I must start 16 weeks of hard training. I need to know if I can do it. Indeed, I need to know if I’ll ever run again.
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1. jeaniebeanie | November 15th, 2006 at 6:28 am
My, my GOD, I think I see the face of … ELVIS! Just kidding! Liz (Gamber) can tell you how long it took her to get her injured ankle properly diagnosed and treated. They really did a botch job. Remember years ago when she was training to run in the DC Marathon? That pretty much ended her short-lived running career! The surgery was badly done and took way over a year to heal. I’ve had PT for chronic tendonitis in my right shoulder and it DOES help. Have you been to a doctor who specializes in sports medicine?
2. DogRat | November 15th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
Yes, I remember our sister Liz’s ankle woes, before and after the procedure. I’m seeing the team podiatrist for the Boston Celtics. Despite their current poor showing (1-6, I think), I assume he’ll be able to give me a definitive diagnosis and prognosis.
Maybe he can explain why TENDONitis is sometimes spelled TENDINitis. Very confusing.
I think I’ll call the next posting “Heel Heal”. The toughest part of blogging is coming up with the titles! The “anchor’s aweigh” play on words wasn’t too bad, I thought.
3. DogRat | November 15th, 2006 at 8:07 pm
I’ve changed mymind. Instead of “Heel Heal” the next ankle-related posting will be “Footbill.”
4. DogRat | November 15th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Actually, the MRI is of the alien space baby that was implanted in me during my last abduction. Tomorrow it will burst through the wall of my abdomen!
5. jeaniebeanie | November 16th, 2006 at 8:03 am
I figured you were seeing a sports doc. Well, I’ll be praying for your bum ankle. I have chronic tendonitis in both shoulders, but that’s nothing to an ankle which you are constantly walking on. You can call ME “Head Job” (ooh, they isn’t an X-rated reference, is it? I think it means “nut case.”) because I am scheduled for nerve ablation around two of my cervical disks on Pearl Harbor Day. The chronic pain in my neck, which often triggers migraines, is so bad, that I finally gave in and decided to have this procedure done. The doctor has done thousands of these,and nobody has become paralyzed for life, so I’m not too worried.
6. Dennis F Rogers | November 17th, 2006 at 2:55 pm
I actually see Darth Vader’s mask, after taking a serious hit to the left eye. What does it mean? Will SW fans and amateur Stormtropers now consider this a shrine to their fallen leader? Does it mean that Doug will soon be more machine than man? Tune in tomorrow!
7. DogRat | November 17th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
I’m back from the doctor. It was an interesting appointment. I’ll posts the results later.
8. DogRat | November 18th, 2006 at 11:57 am
Eric agrees that it’s a Darth Vader boot! “Nooooooooooo!”
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