So we have a "swim rant" thread, but I wanted to post my "swim happy" moment today, probably brought on by being out of the water for over a week.
Pool reopened after maintenance + clear, fresh perfect temp water + 6 lap lanes between 4 lap swimmers = 4200yd :bliss:
On the 19th, I am having an arthrogram MRI done on my hip. Hopefully, I won't need surgery; I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Meanwhile, I'm operating on three cylinders, since I can't do much in the way of kicking with my right leg. Breaststroke kicking is completing out of the question.
Yesterday, I had the arthrogram MRI on my hip, and the radiologist said I would have 3-6 hours to test my hip out before the anaesthetic wore off. He and my doc wanted me to do whatever activitiy I could that had been causing me pain, so I could see whether they located the correct area with the anaesthetic, contrast dye, and cortisone. If I still had pain, it would indicate the source of the problem to be something other the hip joint.
The fact that I had the best training session in six weeks and was actually able to kick breaststroke pain-free indicates that they nailed the pain source. For those magical 6 (in my case) hours before the anaesthetic wore off, I was able to walk normally and swim pain-free! I even got in a practice 200 breaststroke race (although my time )! :bliss:
Needless to say, I'm now feeling like :censor: until the cortisone kicks in, but I think we have finally figured out the source of the problem, after ruling out my L3-L4 and hip impingement. I'll learn more when I return to the doctor for my MRI results on Monday.
On the 19th, I am having an arthrogram MRI done on my hip. Hopefully, I won't need surgery; I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Meanwhile, I'm operating on three cylinders, since I can't do much in the way of kicking with my right leg. Breaststroke kicking is completing out of the question.
Yesterday, I had the arthrogram MRI on my hip, and the radiologist said I would have 3-6 hours to test my hip out before the anaesthetic wore off. He and my doc wanted me to do whatever activitiy I could that had been causing me pain, so I could see whether they located the correct area with the anaesthetic, contrast dye, and cortisone. If I still had pain, it would indicate the source of the problem to be something other the hip joint.
The fact that I had the best training session in six weeks and was actually able to kick breaststroke pain-free indicates that they nailed the pain source. For those magical 6 (in my case) hours before the anaesthetic wore off, I was able to walk normally and swim pain-free! I even got in a practice 200 breaststroke race (although my time )! :bliss:
Needless to say, I'm now feeling like :censor: until the cortisone kicks in, but I think we have finally figured out the source of the problem, after ruling out my L3-L4 and hip impingement. I'll learn more when I return to the doctor for my MRI results on Monday.
