Mel On...Well Crap (yet another doctor visit)

My knee has been burning pretty badly since my last three mile run walk on Sunday.  I expected it to bother me a bit but I didn't expect the tingling in my left shin (which has been constant for a while now) to also head up into my left breastbone and now my left elbow.

The tingling in my breastbone was off and on for a little over two days, then last night I started having troubles with my arm. (It feels like you laid on it wrong and you should just be able to straighten it out and it will go away but it doesn't go away).  It was hard for me to fall asleep and then when I woke up this morning all three were constant and have been constant all day.

It freaked me out enough to go to the ER (especially when you Google tingling on one side of your body) and the doctor wanted to send me up to a neurologist for a MRI of my spine...BUT we are leaving in six days...so he gave me Naproxen and told me to make an appointment in VA as soon as we in-process because I really do need it checked out.

I've had quite the luck here with MRI's...anyway, he doesn't believe that the pain in my knee has anything to do with my actual knee but inflammation of some sort in my spine.  I guess we shall - again - wait and see.... #funtimes

Mel On...Sole Sisters

Well, yesterday was it.  My last official "run" with my running group...

and when I mean "run" I mean walk because I had to W-A-L-K my last "run" due to this darn knee!

Mel On...Knee Update (No news is...well, no news...)

82.  It's been 82 days since my last race and my last real run. Eighty-two.  

I apologize for not updating sooner and I want to sincerely thank all those who have asked me where I have been and encouraged me to keep writing - even though there is nothing really to write about at the moment!

So here it is...my little update...

Mel On...Strong Knee, Weak Everything Else??

Well, I just got back from another visit with my primary doctor today.  Still no official diagnosis on my knee pain but between the two base doctors I have seen and my physical therapist we have discussed everything from the meniscus, ACL, and IT band to runner's knee, Baker's cysts, angry hamstrings, and inflammation, etc.

I did have several x-rays done this morning and the initial review was great.  The guy said my knee bones looked flippin' fantastic so now it's down to issues with the muscles/tendons/ligaments.  AGH! Not that a bone injury would have been good news, it's just that I feel like I won't ever get an answer as to WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY KNEE.

Mel On...Rock'N'Roll Madrid Half Marathon

After getting over my pity party the other day and finally being able to stomach something besides bananas and chamomile tea, we left for Madrid on Friday.  I still wasn't feeling 100% but the excitement of traveling to a new place, the whole race atmosphere (and maybe a few pitchers of Sangria), finally qualifying for my World Rocker Medal, and my husband convincing me (in his own loving way) to "put my big girl panties on," I snapped out of it!