I
DON'T
NEED
SURGERY
!
G-d is great, y'all. :) My MRI came back with the best results possible: no soft tissue/ligament/tendon abnormality, no Tailor Dome drama. Physical therapy, here I come. And I'll never take going to the gym for granted again, nooooo. In fact, it will be easy to stay mindful-- I will need to wear an ankle brace when working out, for the rest of my life. My ankle will never be 100% again, BUT I DON'T NEED SURGERY, SO I DON'T CARE! Squeeeeee!!!
Congratulations! I'm glad something good came of this crappy day.
Posted by: Maitri | 2007.09.06 at 03:54 PM
im so glad you dont need surgery nor a long crazy recovery time!! woohoo to bootfree times to come:)
Posted by: nina | 2007.09.06 at 09:28 PM
Nice! Congrats:) Now your Sunny Leon impression can continue with ease.
Posted by: CoffeeFace/Mythili | 2007.09.07 at 09:32 AM
yayy to no surgery! that's wonderful news. i hope your ankle feels better already just hearing the news!
Posted by: scorps1027 | 2007.09.07 at 10:54 AM
how did you hurt the ankle, or is that only for people you know IRL?
Posted by: lerxst | 2007.09.13 at 11:52 AM
No, not at all. :) I'm happy to tell you how. But it's a loooong story...
I had a terrible sprain, during high school, a sprain so bad they told me I should have broken it. I spent eight weeks on crutches.
In 2003, I decided to get over my "always-picked-last-for-teams" anxiety and play an actual sport (I'm not athletic, at ALL). When trying to block an opponent while playing indoor soccer, I took a vicious kick to the inner ankle...and it's never been the same since.
For the last few years, whenever I got my ass to the gym, I have run in basketball shoes, for the ankle support-- that should have been my first clue something wasn't right. ;)
This summer I had "an acute incident". I resprained it, and while I'm an expert at tending to that now, since I roll my ankle twice a year (rest, elevate, ace bandage etc)...for the first time ever, I didn't get better. I got worse. The x-ray showed damage to the joint and I had to wear a cast for two months to stabilize an ankle which would always be "chronically unstable", all with the expectation that I'd have surgery this fall-- it was just a question of WHICH surgery.
That's what the MRI was for. I was terrified of the entire upcoming ordeal...I've never had surgery, my mom was going to have to stay with me for 2 months to help me, I might have to take leave...etc.
That's why I'm so happy about it all. :)
Posted by: A N N A | 2007.09.13 at 07:47 PM