I'm officially out of the AC Half Marathon with my shin/ankle/vein/whatever problems, and I went to the orthopedist on Tuesday.
I got x-rays, which didn't show anything obviously wrong, and my doctor said I had decent leg and glute strength, which he ascertains by telling me to hold my leg in a certain position while tries to push it down. He also used a tuning fork on my shin bones, the purpose of which seemed to be further testing for fractures. There was only one tuning fork in the whole office, and he had to go hunting for it before doing the test.
It's probably shinsplints, but I'm getting sent for an MRI tomorrow morning. I'll post those images on the blog, too, if I'm able to without violating HIPAA regulations or causing any expensive equipment to malfunction.
I got x-rays, which didn't show anything obviously wrong, and my doctor said I had decent leg and glute strength, which he ascertains by telling me to hold my leg in a certain position while tries to push it down. He also used a tuning fork on my shin bones, the purpose of which seemed to be further testing for fractures. There was only one tuning fork in the whole office, and he had to go hunting for it before doing the test.
It's probably shinsplints, but I'm getting sent for an MRI tomorrow morning. I'll post those images on the blog, too, if I'm able to without violating HIPAA regulations or causing any expensive equipment to malfunction.
"It's not Lupus."
Phew! I was scared it was lupus.
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