Monday I went back to the knee doctor to find out the results of my MRI. Although I had the images on a CD, I did not have the radiologist's report so I didn't know what it found. I was honestly hoping it something was torn so that they could just go in and fix it. Although I really don't want to have another surgery, and I really have NO time for surgery or recovery this summer, I just want an actual fix to my knee pain. There was a day recently when I considered chopping off my knee... My pain has been bad!
The report basically said there were two places that are inflamed but nothing serious is wrong like a tear, etc. I'm really glad there's nothing serious wrong, but I was slightly disappointed there wasn't going to be an easy fix. The doctor gave me a prescription for 4 more weeks of physical therapy. He said I could be more aggressive than I have been and suggested I really focus on quad strength before my trip to Europe - which is only about 4 weeks away.
I feel so defeated over this. Physical therapy didn't work for the first eight weeks, so why would it suddenly work in four more? I don't believe it will. I just really hope more strengthening will help the pain, especially in time for walking through Europe. Ahh! But I have to trust if my doctor is good enough to be a Redskin's team physician, he knows what he's talking about... Now I'm just debating if I want to get back into physical therapy for a couple weeks, or I just want to start walking and exercises on my own.
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