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| Hip x-ray from Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics |
Hmm. Okay, so when I went see Dr. John Bowman, a sports
medicine doctor at Collingwood Sports Medicine back in October of 2011, he
twisted my leg every which way to examine it and try and figure out where the
stupid thing (not his words, obviously) was injured. All of this pushing and
pulling led to pained groans from me, and looks of contemplation from him, and
then eventually concluded with the acknowledgement that ‘there’s definitely
something wrong with your hip’. Which wasn’t so, well, boneheaded (you know,
from a doctor) as it seemed – basically, it seemed to me, he was saying ‘it’s
not your knee, it’s not the leg muscles, and it’s not the IT band, per se, it’s
your hip’. Sooooo he said the only way to really figure out what was going on
was to get an MRI done. And before he could get the MRI ordered, he’d have to
take a look at an x-ray.
Which I stupidly didn’t do. Yes. I put it off and it put it off and put it off.
You see, I would have gotten the x-ray done, but I had to get home first and get some work done (see about me: self-employed), and then I had to get more work done over the next few days, which led to the next few weeks and then for a while it seemed like my leg wasn’t bothered any more (which had way more to do with me not doing very much with it than it not being injured any more) and then all of a sudden it was more than a year later and I still hadn’t gotten the stupid x-ray done and I was having just as much trouble as ever with it. SIGH.
So ahem. I got in touch with the sports medicine office, and they re-sent the requisition for the x-ray. A week before Christmas. Which meant I didn’t actually get the x-ray done until January 3. But I did get it done. One year and two months after it was originally requisitioned.
Now, it’s waiting time – waiting for an MRI appointment. But, I’m like, a professional at waiting now. So no worries.
Which I stupidly didn’t do. Yes. I put it off and it put it off and put it off.
You see, I would have gotten the x-ray done, but I had to get home first and get some work done (see about me: self-employed), and then I had to get more work done over the next few days, which led to the next few weeks and then for a while it seemed like my leg wasn’t bothered any more (which had way more to do with me not doing very much with it than it not being injured any more) and then all of a sudden it was more than a year later and I still hadn’t gotten the stupid x-ray done and I was having just as much trouble as ever with it. SIGH.
So ahem. I got in touch with the sports medicine office, and they re-sent the requisition for the x-ray. A week before Christmas. Which meant I didn’t actually get the x-ray done until January 3. But I did get it done. One year and two months after it was originally requisitioned.
Now, it’s waiting time – waiting for an MRI appointment. But, I’m like, a professional at waiting now. So no worries.
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