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mnemeWhee! I can put weight on my left leg now! [*ouch*. This doesn't stop it from hurting]
Oh, right, those of you who haven't heard from me in person yet don't know about this (oops). :) Bad Josh, no LJ updates.
After getting my leg MRIed (that one made it to LJ, at least), a week before last Thursday, I was told I had a tear in my miniscus (well, he -said- the cartiledge, but was pretty specific, and they did confirm that it was the miniscus today) and that while I -could- avoid having it fixed and instead use medication or just grin and bear it, it wasn't a really good idea. So I made an appointment to have it fixed last wednesday (with Arthoscopy, which means they put a camera into your knee and fix things through some very small incisions).
So wednesday, after the customary hour of boredom when I didn't have a book, I woke up (another hour later, of course), and was told that he'd fixed some arthritis he found as well as the miniscus, and would I please avoid putting any weight onto the leg until after a doctor told me to, and my next appointment was on monday (today)
Anyways, today, they took the stitches out, and told me I could put weight on the leg (weaning myself slowly off the crutches I'd rather just throw down as soon as I can, but that would -hurt-), and oh, by the way, it's going to be swelling for most of the next month since he damaged the bone in order to get it to heal the arthritis [how nice; well, getting stuck with arthritis is, but...].
So...I can walk now (with diffuclty)! I can take stairs up (one at a time, but it's a lot easier than trying to lever myself up on every f*ing step)! I can think about taking the trains, rather than avoiding them for dear life! Life is good.
Or at least, it's better than yesterday, when I had -no- idea how long I'd be on the damned crutches without being able to put weight on my leg.
Oh, and while I'm posting, happy (long) belated birthday to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
telynor, and happy (in advance) birthday to nycajun
Oh, right, those of you who haven't heard from me in person yet don't know about this (oops). :) Bad Josh, no LJ updates.
After getting my leg MRIed (that one made it to LJ, at least), a week before last Thursday, I was told I had a tear in my miniscus (well, he -said- the cartiledge, but was pretty specific, and they did confirm that it was the miniscus today) and that while I -could- avoid having it fixed and instead use medication or just grin and bear it, it wasn't a really good idea. So I made an appointment to have it fixed last wednesday (with Arthoscopy, which means they put a camera into your knee and fix things through some very small incisions).
So wednesday, after the customary hour of boredom when I didn't have a book, I woke up (another hour later, of course), and was told that he'd fixed some arthritis he found as well as the miniscus, and would I please avoid putting any weight onto the leg until after a doctor told me to, and my next appointment was on monday (today)
Anyways, today, they took the stitches out, and told me I could put weight on the leg (weaning myself slowly off the crutches I'd rather just throw down as soon as I can, but that would -hurt-), and oh, by the way, it's going to be swelling for most of the next month since he damaged the bone in order to get it to heal the arthritis [how nice; well, getting stuck with arthritis is, but...].
So...I can walk now (with diffuclty)! I can take stairs up (one at a time, but it's a lot easier than trying to lever myself up on every f*ing step)! I can think about taking the trains, rather than avoiding them for dear life! Life is good.
Or at least, it's better than yesterday, when I had -no- idea how long I'd be on the damned crutches without being able to put weight on my leg.
Oh, and while I'm posting, happy (long) belated birthday to
telynor, and happy (in advance) birthday to nycajun
