Thank goodness for credit cards is all I have to say! While the MRI wasn't as expensive as I was dreading, $200 is still a lot for a full-time student trying to scrape by on the pittance the fitness industry pays for my 25hours a week work. When Rich (the sports physician) rings me with the results I'll know whether it was worth the cost or not, but hopefully it will at least give us a bit of an idea of what the problem is. Whatever it is, its not simply ITBS.
One of my regular gym clients confirmed that for me yesterday. I had been talking to him about my knee, not knowing that he's actually an orthopedic surgeon specialising in knee surgery (apparently he drives a Mercedes with the license plate "KNEE", I think that sums up the situation quite well), and he offered to have a look at it for me. After putting my knee through its paces, he said my ITB was a little tight but not that bad, and my range of motion was all normal. Manipulation tests were normal as well, so the good news there was he said whatever the problem is, he doesn't think its something that will require surgery. Whew! Meniscal or ligament tears are looking pretty unlikely, thankfully, so its looking like possibly tendonitis at the hamstring insertion, popliteal tendon or something along those lines. We'll know more when I talk to Rich about the MRI.
The MRI itself was something of a surreal and rather bizarre experience. Having to lie completely motionless inside a tube for 20-30minutes listening to the sounds the machine was making gave me plenty of opportunity to watch the thoughts bouncing around my head. The sounds were very Star-Trek-ish, with interesting rhythmical sub-sounds that kind of reminded me of some sort of electronic tribal dance. They were actually quite soothing, and had I not been so tense with the effort to remain motionless I might even have started snoring (despite it being 9:30am at the time). Hey, gimme a break, there hasn't exactly been a lot of sleep happening lately!
Well, nothing to do now but wait. Oh joy. We all know just how good I am at that! (and anyone that doesn't know... I'm being facetious).
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3 comments:
you're right, $200 isn't too bad - could have been worse - any of that back on medicare??
waiting with baited breath for your results.
worth the money for sure, peace of mind knowing the true cause. hope it is good news. i preferred the machine noise to the music they tried to put through the head phones
so whats the latest?
cmon u cant keep us in suspense like this!
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