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Excerpt of the lab report from my MRI …

A complete ACL tear, eh? All I can say is, Thank God for health insurance! And, I suppose I should thank Him for this happening when I’m 31 rather than 71 and far less apt to heal well. Still, can I feel a little sorry for myself? Just a little? It’s a bum deal to not even get through January ‘05 without hosing my aggressive but totally doable goal of hiking, camping and/or backpacking once a month this year. So much for January… we’ll see what the knee can bear after I’ve met with the specialist on Monday. I’ve never wanted a Monday to come so quickly before in my LIFE.

PS: I’d post a few MRI images but, really, they mean nothing to me — “I see that’s my knee. There’s bones…and lots of other stuff. What’s that big white “hole”? (I suspect it’s swelling. HellifIknow!) I might try to convince my specialist to send me the digital files via email, since the imaging lab I went to makes their scans available online for phyisicians. I guess this is what you do when you haven’t had children — you share photos of scars or other wounds online instead of the smiling faces of your little darling(s). I guess. That or I’m just out of it right now!

P.S.: I’m a little defensive they said my “patellar cartilage is unremarkable“. What’s that going to do to its self-esteem!? Geesh…. {{ KIDDING}}