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May 28, 2005
Medical Ranting Woes
I went to the doctor last week. As I mentioned before, my sports doc is NOT good. He doesn’t remember anything about me and he must not read my chart before he comes in. He asked, “What do you mean your knee has been bothering you for a year?” I mean, come on, that is WHY (well one of the big reasons) I go see him. I don’t think I have a choice in who I see either. I hate my student health insurance which also doesn’t cover orthotics which are super pricey too. I am definitely going to get a second opinion about my knee in DC this summer (I get 3 out of plan visits/year).
Anyway, he said that sometimes there can be scar tissue in your knee which causes pain. I mean, my leg doesn’t hurt a lot, but with every single step (walking steps) I know something is not right. He said he wouldn’t recommend surgery unless I couldn’t do the things I wanted. So now I am faced with the questions of-where is that line of when can I not do what I want? I can’t elliptical-but is ellipticalling crucial to my well-being? Or can I elliptical and the weird twinge I feel is not a big deal? Can I hike? Is swimming bothering my knee? The answer to all of this is I can do these things b/c there is no excruciating pain, but there is a very small ache and things aren’t “quite right” either during or at the end of the activities. So I do go for surgery and hope for completely normal activities (and by that I mean my right knee feels the same as my left)-or do I not do surgery b/c that’s just not a good idea (my surgeries always end up infected) and hey, it doesn’t hurt that much so why mess with it? I just like to compete and workout hard, and I hate the idea of always working out super carefully and not pushing myself b/c I am afraid my knee might hurt. Has anyone else has surgery on their knee and had a good (or bad) result?
I think for now the plan is just try to ease back into running and see how that goes. I was able to in the fall so I am hopeful I can again now. We shall see…but I have to admit-I am getting pretty close to my limit of not being able to do what I want to do.
I biked around inside and outside for a while. Maybe 40 minutes. I know, it’s silly I was biking inside when it is finally gorgeous here. I had gone to the gym to try out the elliptical and decided biking felt “less weird” on my knee so did that instead…………arrrrggghhhhh…..
On a better note, this is the first summer I have been able to run in 2 years. In July 2003 and June 2004 I had big toe surgery. But I had an x-ray of my foot in January and it appears the problem has [finally] not returned… fun times.
Posted by Audrey at May 28, 2005 04:56 PM
Comments
What type of doc do you go to? Orthopedic surgeon? I'm on the search for a good sports doc too, my knee is better but my whole left side is still "off" and I'm getting very frustrated!
Posted by: Nanda at May 31, 2005 10:27 AM