poadeleted3
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Sean and I were chasing his electric airplane at a park last March when I stepped into a hole while at a full run. Ankle popped, but I was able to walk on it after a couple minutes. From that time on, though, I've been experiencing increasingly greater pain while walking on it, and it's been starting faster and faster. For a while I could be on it an hour before it started hurting, but as time has gone on it's been hurting sooner. Going grocery shopping is an experience in pain, and walking for exercise is something I can't do anymore. The last is an issue, because I'm a fata$$ and HAVE to exercise to lose weight. Walking is the best form I've found. When it got to a point that I couldn't stand long enough to take a shower without gritting my teeth, I kinda figured out that it wasn't going to get any better on it's own, and finally went to the doctor.
I had an MRI done last Thursday, and Friday afternoon they called to tell me they had the results. Kind of surprised me, because they had said they wouldn't have them until the end of this week. I'd planned to just enjoy my vacation near Myrtle Beach, but went ahead and called back today. The MRI showed torn ligaments and a blocked vein in my ankle I've got to call an orthopedist, and see what we need to do to fix it.
I'm guessing I've got a cast in my future? Maybe surgery? Does anyone have a good guess as to how long I might be grounded? Heck, I can't even preflight a Skyhawk with a cast on, but if I can work a rudder I can always drive longer and preflight a Tiger, I guess...
I had an MRI done last Thursday, and Friday afternoon they called to tell me they had the results. Kind of surprised me, because they had said they wouldn't have them until the end of this week. I'd planned to just enjoy my vacation near Myrtle Beach, but went ahead and called back today. The MRI showed torn ligaments and a blocked vein in my ankle I've got to call an orthopedist, and see what we need to do to fix it.
I'm guessing I've got a cast in my future? Maybe surgery? Does anyone have a good guess as to how long I might be grounded? Heck, I can't even preflight a Skyhawk with a cast on, but if I can work a rudder I can always drive longer and preflight a Tiger, I guess...