At least I'm still biking. Today's appt opened up with him noting that I'm limping when I walk. So much for trying to walk normally. Then he said he's looked into the MRI, recommended a radiologist and site. Idea is that mobility is improved but pain is not. He thinks stress fracture, could also be soft tissue damage. Chicken and egg as to which might have come first, if both are there.
He said in "people like me" it takes a "massive dysfunction" before seeking help, because my "threshold is so high". He also expressed concern about my mental health, and I think he was only half joking. He was referring to me as a "100 miler", apparently I fall into that category!
With a skeletal model, he explained the probable sites for issue --femoral neck and upper femur bone. Under stress, the neck-to-bone area bears a lot of weight and can even flex. With my osteopenia and running, this area of bone is under a lot of stress.
He only worked on my back, notes it's getting better as measured by his straight edge. I swear he's taking up skin, damn that's painful. But no, just some pick spots afterwards! He said the fatigue I'm feeling in my back from carrying a backpack is due to load changes. Just reminds me too much of 2015 back problems.
MRI schedule for Monday morning, results Tuesday morning.
Back at work, once I had a break I called up this blog and searched on hip. I did this before with the left hip tag, this search expands it. I found -- to my complete surprise -- that this has been going on at least since LAST JUNE.
April 28th I noted left hip pain that I thought was due to a fall (but I didn't specify about the fall)
May 8th a fall onto a pile of rocks at the bottom of a hill at Greensfelder. Upper body bruising but severe bruising, swelling, and knots on left hip, quad and knee. Of course, I finished the last 19 miles, in extreme pain.
June 15th: noted left quad bone pain, kinda in the hip too, leg tight and sore, and for past few days it ached in bed. I stressed the ache aspect.
June 28th I called it a nagging niggle, comes and goes, easy to ignore
July 9th CMAR trail race 33 miles of hills, noted that left hip "talked" and "squawked" and felt weak
July 27th noted the popping in my hip, the first mention of it and said that it had been happening last week too
August 5th said the hip is 95-97% "great", but some left knee pain and tight calf.
Of course this continued into October, with the failure of my hip flexor at Farmdale and the R2T. The month of November was full rest, apparently not enough.
That this started last May or June oddly makes me feel better. I was so concerned that any diet or activities or anything since October was the problem. This tells me that no, this is a possible hold-over from a year ago when I was still taking Forteo and still healing. Is this a good thing? Or more denial?
I took a long walk today after lunch to get my mind cleared. I've been listening to (of all things) Catholic podcasts (only 2 months ago it was Buddhism, so maybe this isn't much of a stretch) and I keep hearing the words of the Confiteor in my head. I heard it last Sunday at church with Michelle, then again this morning in a podcast I started after leaving Dr L's office. The coincidence can't be ignored here.
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