X-Rays

I spent the morning at the Orthopedic Center - I've never been so excited to go to a doctor's appointment before, haha. First were x-rays. Apparently they had to do those for insurance rules, and also to rule out a stress fracture or cancer. Cancer?? Thankfully my bones turned out to be just fine!

Looking down on top of the knee

Front of knee

Side of knee

Back of knee

She said my bones look good. I'll admit, usually this sort of stuff grosses me out, but I really enjoyed seeing my x-rays. I wish I could get a full body x-ray to see my whole skeleton! Anyway back to the appointment... then she had me hop up on the table and began poking my knee. Poke. Poke. PokeSLAP! She poked me really hard where it's been hurting and I just automatically slapped her hand!! I'm sure it's happened to her before but I felt bad. Long story short, I'm going in for an MRI one week from today to see if I have a meniscus tear (as she suspects). Two days after the MRI I get to meet with the surgeon to determine "what's next."

Soooo basically all that was really determined from this appointment was that it still hurts (which I already knew). But I still feel really "happy" because the next step is already scheduled. In one week and two days I will finally have an answer!!! It's about freaking time!

In the meantime I'm still on the injured list. No real exercise, although I'm going to figure out something I can do for upper body and abs. I've got to do something.