aaarggghhh, my ankle
Posted on | January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments
i’ve been watching a slight swelling in my left ankle for about 12 months.
it would ache slightly at times, swell up slightly at times….then subside.
i finally went to the doctor about it.
he prodded it a bit and cheerily announced that is more than likely to be osteo arthritis.
this made me scream aloud: but i am only 41!
he said, it was probably the result of some ancient injury.
he also suggested that it could be a spot of typhoid or tuberculosis in the joint, picked up whilst waltzing about in far-flung asian destinations.
but there isn’t a huge chance that it is anything so freakish.
regardless…..tomorrow is the day for blood tests of all kinds and an x-ray.
they cannot be very busy at this time of year…..i phoned both clinics this afternoon and immediately got appointments for tomorrow.
i am very happy about that.
since i started my yoga practice back up several months ago, i’ve been much more conscious of the ankle.
o well, c’est la vie.
it is definitely not the worse thing that could be happening!
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2 Responses to “aaarggghhh, my ankle”
January 23rd, 2008 @ 5:37 AM
with the time dif and all I am sure you are already home and everything turned out fine.
Here’s good healing thoughts going out to you.
Michelle in NV
January 27th, 2008 @ 2:57 AM
Ouch. Next time you find one, drop into a running shop and let them analyse your gait. You may find that simple orthotics can improve matters considerably since one of the things that pronation can do is to distort your ankle joint.