Soooo............
Monday, I went to the ortho doctor to look at my knee, I had Xrays taken and they revealed good knews, NO BONE INJURIES! but then again, that also partly confirmed what we had already thought, it is a ligament injury which can be just as painful and time taking as the other, they believe my ACL has been ripped or torn all the way. Now it is Wednesday and I am going to the doctor at 4pm. I think I am having a MRI done today! :) The sooner this all is figured out, the surgery done, the rehab begun, then the sooner I will be better, and back to the gym.
Another thing that was very interesting about the trip to the orthopedic center, was how much I knew about the Xrays, the bones, and medicines. The nurse practioner Lori, told me that she thought that she should be the student me dressed in scrubs with the clipboard because I knew everything about injuries and how to take care of them, with the RICE strategy (restriction, ice, comfort, and elevation), and with how much medicines to take, and in how many hours, and so on. She told me that if I hadn't considered it maybe the sports medicine field would be a good one for me. I thought about it and I think maybe that might be an interesting idea because of the fact that I am an athlete and I know how it feels to get injured and want to get safely back into the sport as quickly as possible, maybe if I did that then I would be able to help teens, and college players like me.
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