My knee continued to pop out all weekend. It popped out about five or six times. Each time, it hurt and made me extremely nervous. I called Dr. Frush’s office Monday morning and talked with Kristen (his assistant) about it. My return appointment to see Dr. Frush was on September 18th so she moved it up to August 31st. She said once Dr. Frush puts his “magic hands” on me, he will know what is going on. I explained to her that I was really freaked out and thought that I needed another surgery.
She told me that it was up to me whether I would go to physical therapy or not because I knew my body best. I decided NOT to go to physical therapy because my knee hurt so badly! I called Brad at ATI to cancel my Monday and Wednesday appointments. I told him that I would go see Dr. Frush Thursday morning and maybe I would be to ATI in the afternoon.
Once I was waiting in Dr. Frush’s office, his intern, Dr. Iman came in. I explained to him that I was freaked out about needing another surgery and told him where it hurt. The pain was on the inside of my knee. I felt it had something to do with my MCL which was part of my original injury almost one year ago.
Every spot he pressed on my knee hurt. He said he did not think I needed surgery but would wait until Dr. Frush came in to examine me. Dr. Frush came in and examined my knee by pressing all the places that Dr. Iman had. They started throwing around words like bursa, tendonitis, hamstring tendonitis, and Dr. Frush told me that I needed an ultrasound to be done. He thought this involved my MCL. He told me a specific doctor to get to give me my ultrasound because he would do a good job.
The earliest I could see this doctor on September 6th. Dr. Frush did not believe that I needed surgery again but he said he would know after my ultrasound. He said that we could probably discuss my ultrasound over the phone.
As my mom helped re-snap my pants, I thought about how easily they threw around the word “bursa.” I had never heard that word before today. I thought about the ease with which they threw around really smart sounding words like “bursa” and was a bit blown away.