Monday, September 12, 2011

Dr. Appt

so we took 4 different sets of xrays because they couldn't get the view they wanted... then after they finally got that right they were comparing them and they noticed on my 3rd metarsal where I've been having a lot of lateral pain looked a little different than my right foot... basically I'm developing a stress fracture because aparently I thought I was cleared to practice since Fritz has been letting me... turns out the list of things he's been having me do has caused so much irritation in my foot that it is literally starting to break my bones... but the Dr said that's really the least of my worries. ...He siad the structural component of the surgery is still held in place well which is good but since I'm still in a lot of pain he is going to have to do some steroid injection on Wed which is going to put me in a ton of pain for the next 5 days but then after that should help a lot. .. In 2 months we'll be taking out the screw, he was afraid to do it before then due to the stress fracture that's already starting so he wants to wait so he doesn't irritate it, which is fine by me... So I asked him for a detailed list of things I can and cannot do at practice... he told me that he is going to medically disqualify me until October 26, so I'm not allowed to do any workouts with Fritz even if it's just abs and upper body... he said the only person I'm allowed to workout with is Nobu and after I convinced him that I could do upperbody lifting with Brit he agreed to that if I promised to follow his specific instructions. ... he said after the next 6 weeks if the pain doesn't go down to at least a 5 he is going to consider going in and fusing my bones in my foot ... but I told him straight up that I don't care about throwing right now, that doesn't need to come into the picture until at least March in all reality but we need to focus on getting me back to doing everyday life things without feeling like I'm going to cry every 5 min... so then he did a gait test to evaluate my walking and he said basically it looks terrible... so we are going to I guess just focus on that for the next 6 weeks and hope that someday I can walk normal again is what he made it sound like...

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