Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Diagnosis: Really Bad Sprain Earlier this month, I posted about my sports injury.  I took the day off from work today to see an orthopedist at Mercy Medical Center.  Essentially, the ankle still hurts like a sonofabitch, and I was worried that something was truly broken and was now re-setting in my ankle.  The orthpedist took some x-rays, and there are no breaks at all.  The sprain is a bad one of two of the three ligaments that are inside the ankle.  She said the most important thing was to rebuild strength in the ankle.  I was offered physical therapy, but since I have a gym membership I stated that I could do the exercises there.  To quote the joking orthopedist: "I am a little disappointed there is no break; we won't get the chance to perform surgery on your ankle."  That was a relief.  Knock on wood, I have never had to have major surgery.  I did not want to break my awesome Ripken-like streak.  So, later today I will hobble down to the Thirsty Dog Pub to see what seems to be a tiny number of people meeting up at the Crablogs Happy Hour.  You can all make fun of my creeping old age then.  11:51:56 AM    comment []  trackback []