I called to get my MRI results. The doctor rambled off a bunch of words that sounded Chinese to me. All I heard were "ankle joint" and "cartilage ding". It turns out that a bunch of stuff is wrong but not what I thought. They didn't see a ligament tear. They saw a thickened healed ligament with synovitis. Synovitis is an inflammation of the joint lining.
There is also a cartilage ding that is 7mm long with edema on my ankle top on the inside of my ankle. I find that weird since it doesn't hurt there. The doctor asked me if I fell down and hurt my ankle. Not that I remember.
There is arthritis (duh) on the outside top part of my ankle. I bet if you did an MRI of our bodies you would see arthritis on all of our joints! There is also a weird brightness on the MRI on the inside above my ankle. Like I have a giant bruise. I don't have a giant bruise or a little bruise. Or any bruise. It is so odd. I can't wait to see the MRI.
This was a surprising result. So the short term plan is to inject me and try to get some of the joint swelling down. I am not looking forward to another injection in my foot/ankle but I guess it is better than having surgery right away. Yay!
Until tomorrow...
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