tendonitis...Tendonosis what the &%@#

[RolliePollie]

So I'm going to take the advice here and NOT Google tendonosis.

Rocknrollgirl...I sympathize with your plight. I was diagnosed with tendonitis in my ankle 8 weeks ago. I know I'm depressed from my injury. I am scared to get on the scale because I'm sure I've gained at least 10 pounds in two months. I'm also scared that my cycling days are over. And I don't want to go back to the Dr. or the PT because my insurance deductible reset on January 1 and I can't afford any more medical bills!

I don't want to hijack this thread, but I want to share what's going on with my stupid foot. I feel like a baby complaining to friends and family, so I'm going to vent here instead! Yup, I'm a big whiner!

So at this point, I'm almost pain free but there is still a lot of swelling in my foot and ankle. In the evenings, I still have pitting edema on the inside of my ankle. The PT said the swelling might last a while (I did 5 weeks of PT...unfortunately, it was not a good first PT experience and I think it set me back a few weeks...hopefully any future PT experiences will be better ones!). I'm spinning on the trainer, but I'm scared to death to go out and do a ride. How do I know the acute tendonitis isn't going to come right back? I did try skiing this week...yes, that may be crazy...but I bought a season pass in the fall and I really want to get my money's worth out of it! Plus I figured my tight ski boots would offer ample ankle support. Everything felt fine for about 3-1/2 hours worth of skiing and I went home after 4 hours. The result has been just a little more pain and a quite a bit more swelling. I was going to try and do an easy ride on the bike trail this weekend but now I'm thinking I shouldn't push it. I don't know where the balance is between strengthening my ankle and re-injuring it. Frustration doesn't begin to express how I'm feeling about this!

So...could this be tendonosis? Or is it just tendonitis that's taking it's sweet time to heal up? I am praying that this just goes away and I can get back to normal again!