Foot/Ankle news, again!

I don't think I blogged when my physical therapy was over. Each session was harder and harder and by the end of it my ankle strength was up to 117%, which was awesome. Since I still had pain the PT was worried about something else being wrong - as he had predicted in the beginning. I had to wait (the waiting game for specialists is a bit frustrating) three weeks to see the orthopedic again and today was the day.

And I feel like I'm still not sure of anything, except that my ankle still hurts and I need to lose weight (big surprise!).

I assumed, as did the PT, that the Dr would schedule an MRI just to see what is going on, but he didn't. He suggested that I stop running (don't worry, I have never gotten back to it after PT), keep up my home physical therapy exercises (which I do about 50% of the time) and make it my goal to lose weight (hasn't that been my goal, forever?) - aerobics, walking and dieting is what he suggested. If the pain gets worse, call him back and he would "scope it" - not sure what that meant.

Why did I not ask more detailed questions? Jason would say it is because I never ask enough questions, but I was relieved not to have to pay for an MRI, plus I had the two younger boys with me. They did great, but still were a distraction. Now I think about it, I've met my deductible (but we'd still have to pay 20%) and would be relieved to know for sure that there was nothing else wrong. Jason says sometimes my high pain tolerance gives doctors the wrong impression that things 'aren't that bad'.

So, can you call a doctor back and ask for a test anyway? Or do you wait and see if he is right?

It is no secret I need to lose weight. I will give my aerobics a full force try, I will walk in the evenings when I can, I will cut back my calories, that is a blogging promise! It is how I lost so much weight before. I can do it again! Right?

Baby steps - first step: start aerobics in the morning and cut back.....coke, we'll start with eliminating coke. I have to eliminate one thing at a time or else it only lasts 48 hours.

Here's to hoping my ankle will just get better because I lose weight and get stronger!!!!!!!! (can you feel the sarcasm?)

Oh, and because of a few of my foot complaints he said it sounded like I also had plantar faciitis. Are you kidding me? The doc said if you have it, it is really tender right here - even with my high pain tolerance I did not approve of this. Shoe inserts will help, and fortunately, they should help the ankle also.

Oh, boy! *hmpf*