Happy Monday: Broken nose and knee injury

[Catrin]

MRI in a couple of hours, should have the results by Friday morning at the latest.

It really is very strange. While it IS working better, and there is much less pain and swelling, I still get sharp pains in the knee. Mechanically speaking, I no longer have to hop downstairs like I did, but it is apparent that my knee isn't operating like the other one. As the day progresses I get more discomfort - and LOTS of numbness in my calf/IT Band, down the outside of my lower leg in the afternoon when in the office. While I HAVE stopped going to my KB group until I get the results (it felt too much like playing with fire), I did some very light work last night at home and yeah, there were issues. Really hoping that this is something that doesn't require surgery and they tell me that I can still workout...this forced inactivity is about to drive me up the wall.

Send me good thoughts and prayers that this is "just" something like internal bruising

[Pax]

Good thoughts headed your way for a positive result!

[OakLeaf]

Good luck Catrin.

[Helene2013]

Good luck Catrin and hoping for a "not-so-bad" result, knowing there is something going on with that! argggg.

[Catrin]

Talk about a comedy of errors today! 15 minutes before I was due to leave home to go get the MRI taken, my phone rang. The MRI had broken down and they didn't know when it would be ready to work...and my follow up appointment with my workman's comp dr to determine if I need an Ortho consult was less than 48 hours away. Thankfully I WAS able to connect with the right people and we were able to get me into another location this afternoon.

My MRI tech asked me what I hoped would come out of this. At first I sad - to not have to have surgery - but that wasn't my final answer. My real goal for this is to have my knee work properly again, hopefully that won't require surgery but if it does, then, it does. They gave me a DVD with my images, and of course I've already looked at them. I've NO idea what I am looking at, which is probably a good thing. They will mail me the report, but of course I won't see that before Friday. Probably a good thing so I won't waste time at work consulting "Dr Google" trying to figure out what the report actually MEANS!

[thekarens]

Good luck! Wishing you a simple recovery even if it's not quick.

[Crankin]

Glad you were able to work that little problem out!
Now, sending lots of good thoughts that it means no surgery and back to all of your activities asap.

[OakLeaf]

Haha, reminds me of having my hand in a cast during the blizzard of '78. I caught mono two weeks after breaking it, so it took twice as long as it should've to heal, then when I went to get my should've-been-final X-rays they had no electricity, and when it was finally time for the cast to come off the saw was broken and the doctor had to cut it off with tin snips.

Glad you got it done anyway, hope the doctor gives you good news!

[emily_in_nc]

Hoping for a good MRI report for you, Catrin. Shame it's causing you so much discomfort and pain, and having to curtail your normal activities. That is frustrating, for sure. Keep us posted!

[Catrin]

Considering what I COULD have heard, I consider this good news - and not a surprise.

While I knew I had some arthritic changes in that knee, and also a bit of chondromalacia patella which meant I already had tracking problems with that patella. Unknown to me, my arthritis in that knee had deteriorated enough to now considered to be "Moderate to Severe", and of course I've lost some cartilage. Basically, I hit the ground with enough force to seriously aggravate this underlying condition. Considering the extent of my face injuries, I now suspect that my knee took the brunt force of my fall, and only then my face. Yes, I had a broken nose and open wounds on my face (including my lips), but if my face had truly taken the full force of my fall, I think the damage would have been much worse.

So, no surgery. They gave me a very tight sleeve for my knee which feels wonderful! I've also been referred to physical therapy for a few sessions to work on that knee. I can also do whatever I want fitness wise - as long as it doesn't hurt. So, while this has likely put the kabosh on my August competition, I still consider this good news. At my age things take longer to heal, and it is great to know that I CAN continue with my preferred method of training and to work with my training group. I also don't know what I COULD have replaced it with, given other injuries have taken me off the bike and I can't run!

I also seem to be racking up quite the collection of arthritis: moderate-severe arthritis in knee, thumbs/wrists, and cervical spine. Moderate arthritis in hip. Yikes! Thankfully, at least, the one in my hip doesn't hurt/impact me. Personally, I think I am a bit young for all of this, but perhaps 55 isn't THAT young. Even if I do feel, usually, like I am aging backwards

[Pax]

Congrats on the no surgery, that's always a thrill to hear.

[OakLeaf]

Glad the news is good (ish) and that the sleeve helps. Good luck with the PT and returning to full function.

[Crankin]

I would consider this good news, too. You can work with it!

[Catrin]

I would consider this good news, too. You can work with it!

Thanks all, and yes. This

[thekarens]

All in all very good news. Yay!