Recovering from micro-fracture surgery :(

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Location:

Sandy,UT,USA

Member Since:

Apr 09, 2011

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

Recover From Injury

Running Accomplishments:

Marathon #3 - PR - Salt Lake Marathon 2011- BMQ 3:41:03

PR - Bryce Canyon Half - July 2011 1:38:29

BOSTON

At the finish

Short-Term Running Goals:

Recovering from micro-fracture surgery on my right knee. I tore the cartilage off of my knee while doing a speed-training run one month before Boston. Doc gave me a cortisone shot so that I was able to finish Boston. After the surgery, I was told to never run again. :(

Long-Term Running Goals:

QUALIFIED FOR BOSTON! April 16, 2011

Ran Boston on April 14, 2012!

Personal:

Married, 40 year old, mother of four.

"In truth, runners don't race other runners. They race against themselves: to conquer their wills, to transcend their weaknesses, to beat back their nightmares. And while a runner can't actually beat himself, he can beat his time. Even years into running, he can get better." Running for His Life by Michael Hall

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Wed, Oct 26, 2011

Total Distance

3.00

Ran 2.55 in 21 minutes. Rode the bike for one hour.

I am so upset with my dr. right now. He is suppose to be one of the best orthopedic foot docs around here! My hub is a doc and just printed off my mri report for me. He just called me and said that there is not excess blood flow to the area or edema (like the doc said) but there is a cyst. They don't know if the cyst is synovial or ganglion but there is a cyst right in the area at the top of my foot where I have been having pain and tingling.

The doc did tell me that there was a cyst in my foot, but it was not in the area of pain it was farther up and nothing to worry about. I don't even think he really read my report! My husband says that he sees these types of cysts all of the time and that you can't tell what kind of cyst they are until they are taken out. He said if it is bothering me I should just go and have it taken out so that I can start running again without pain. Maybe I didn't even have a stress fracture after all? I am so irritated!

Weight: 0.00

Comments

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:32:57 from 24.18.125.122

If you decide to have it removed, you might want to have a different doc do it :)

What kind of doc is your hubby?

From timp on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:38:19 from 144.188.24.25

Glad to see you back at it. I hope you can get that cyst issue resolved.

From Oreo on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:10:26 from 206.81.136.61

Nothing worse than a ganglion on the loose. Maybe you beat the Dr in a race or something and he's just trying to slow you down...

From Lily on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:12:32 from 67.199.178.210

That is not cool. What a dumb Doc. They are always in a hurry. I hope you get this thing resolved.

From Steam8 on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 14:38:06 from 166.70.55.77

Rattle- hub is a pathologist. No, not the cool type on tv. He is not a forensic detective and in love with doing autopsies all day. He hates doing autopsies and hardly ever does them anymore. He mostly looks at cancer or chases cancer all day. They page him to the OR and he looks at cancer or tissue under a microscope and is able to tell them to keep cutting or they got all of the cancer and what type of cancer it is.

Oreo...I bet you are right! He is pretty active and very competitive, but says running is not his thing, he just can't do it! :)

What to do? Definitely not going back to him, even though he is a friend of my hub!

From I Just Run on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 14:46:25 from 67.79.11.242

Hey Steam,

You should go to my Monday entry and read all the back and forth conversation from JG and DerHammer about the RLRF program and their thoughts...It's interesting and might give you some insight about the training program.

IJR

From flatlander on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 17:16:45 from 198.207.244.102

Good luck with this, at least you are getting to the bottom of it.

From Steam8 on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 18:13:53 from 166.70.55.77

IJR...I already read that yesterday. Printed it off yesterday, read it and I am definitely going to do it! I actually like riding the bike in the mornings because I love to watch the news. Having a break from running has helped all of my joints to quit snap, crackle and pop all of the time. I think cross training and running less with help me stay injury free and be in better shape. I love this blog! :)

From I Just Run on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 18:40:34 from 67.79.11.242

Steam,

You should go back and read their comments from today also :-)

From rAtTLeTrAp on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 20:10:03 from 24.18.125.122

Sound like your hub should just grab a kitchen knife and cut that baby out of there. He sounds qualified :)

From RAD on Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 16:02:16 from 98.202.23.178

I'm with Rattletrap, a good kitchen surgery is always the best solution :)

Either way, I hope you figure this beast out. I would be furious with the doc and would call him on it, but then again I like to prove 'smart' people wrong :) I do honestly think that if it is a cyst you should probably just have it removed. The sooner the better to get on with Boston training!

From derhammer on Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:21:57 from 192.156.110.34

Wow - how frustrating! Definitely seems like it's time for a new Dr. Hopefully it will all be resolved soon so you can get back out there. How did it feel during your run?

From rAtTLeTrAp on Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 17:52:56 from 24.22.239.183

If you do the kitchen surgery option, be sure to post some pics :)

From Steam8 on Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 21:37:45 from 166.70.55.77

Heehee Rattle, you crack me up!

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