6/5 Ever
since the Divas Half Marathon Myrtle Beach i have been fighting consistent
right knee pain and swelling in the back of my knee. I went to my trusty
Orthopedic doctor to see what we could do. He wanted an MRI. I will include an
image of the report. I was worried about these results but he said nothing he
would go in (surgery) for yet. So the next option was to try Gel injections
(Cortisone had been tried before and worked for a couple of years but no longer
working on right knee). Hyaluronan injections is the big name. The MRI showed
the stage 3 arthritis we knew I was fighting. The Gel injections are to help
improve joint lubrication in an attempt to reduce pain and improve range of
motion.
Ok
if you made it through all that medical jargon here's the rest of the story.
Tuesday, May 23 I received gel shot #1 right knee and cortisone shot left knee.
Right knee felt immediately better. Left knee hurt like Hell (cortisone hurts).
No exercise for one day doctors orders. Tuesday, May 30 gel shot #2 right knee.
Left knee feeling fine! Doctor didn't specifically say no workouts..... So I
ran that evening..... Knee has hurt constantly since. Tomorrow will be gel shot
#3. I will take the day off from exercise as I have read is HIGHLY recommended.
Hoping
I am not too old for this! I am making modifications to the training plan to
try and not irritate the knee. I see some pool running in my future.
***06/16 Update as this would NOT post from my phone so now it has been another 2 weeks :-). I received the 3rd gel shot and took the time off from running as I should have. I have backed down to 3 runs a week: one hour run Tuesdays, 30 min brick (run off bike) run Wednesdays, and the long run as in plan Sunday. Sometimes I may do another brick run on Saturdays for practice (like this weekend).
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