Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Broken Ankles
Yes it's true. Both of my ankles are fractured.
You see what happened was.... Around Sept 1st I woke up with intense swelling and pain in my right ankle. My left one was sore but nothing to the effect of the right one. It felt and seemed just like gout and so we wrote it off as being gout. The thing was at the time I had no insurance since the BYU insurance doesn't begin until the semester begins. therefore I could not get into see a doctor.
My ankle's pain went down about 4 days later and I felt ok although it was tender. Then suddenly yesterday they both were in pain! I went to the Urgent Care Center and they began running multiple tests and X-rays.
Today the X-rays came back and both of my Ankles are fractured. Now this is where things get complicated. There was no recent injury that caused the ankles to fracture. The Podiatrist said that it could be fractures that I have lived with for years now. According to him most people who fracture their ankles so never know. So there can be 2 outcomes of this.
1. we are waiting for the blood tests to come back to see if related to arthritis or gout or anything like that. It it is arthritis the breaks will be fine if I am treated with medications... for the rest of my life. That also means I will have to see a rheumatologist. What is funny about that is BYU dosn't have a rheumatologist because 99% of students at school do not have symptoms of old people.
2. if there is no arthritis found the fractures are the cause of pain (even though I may have had them for years) I will need surgery on both of my ankles.
So the possiblities: Take Meds the rest of my life or surgery....
Ay ay
You see what happened was.... Around Sept 1st I woke up with intense swelling and pain in my right ankle. My left one was sore but nothing to the effect of the right one. It felt and seemed just like gout and so we wrote it off as being gout. The thing was at the time I had no insurance since the BYU insurance doesn't begin until the semester begins. therefore I could not get into see a doctor.
My ankle's pain went down about 4 days later and I felt ok although it was tender. Then suddenly yesterday they both were in pain! I went to the Urgent Care Center and they began running multiple tests and X-rays.
Today the X-rays came back and both of my Ankles are fractured. Now this is where things get complicated. There was no recent injury that caused the ankles to fracture. The Podiatrist said that it could be fractures that I have lived with for years now. According to him most people who fracture their ankles so never know. So there can be 2 outcomes of this.
1. we are waiting for the blood tests to come back to see if related to arthritis or gout or anything like that. It it is arthritis the breaks will be fine if I am treated with medications... for the rest of my life. That also means I will have to see a rheumatologist. What is funny about that is BYU dosn't have a rheumatologist because 99% of students at school do not have symptoms of old people.
2. if there is no arthritis found the fractures are the cause of pain (even though I may have had them for years) I will need surgery on both of my ankles.
So the possiblities: Take Meds the rest of my life or surgery....
Ay ay
4 comments:
Holy smokes!! Take care of yourself, nephew. Stop jumping on the bed. Kurt says no airplane jumps either. Love you!
Thanks Tia! I'll try to stop flying off the buildings at school.
Miss you all! Send Kurt my saludos!
Don't worry Joseph, once Obama is elected, you will have free health insurance. After you pay for it through your taxes. Is there such thing as "Tax insurance"? :)
-Adam