Oh, The Knee!

So a few weeks ago I went for a nice hike on Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland. Not a big mountain, just a 1200 foot bump in an otherwise flat farm country. The next morning I went out and put in a nice five mile run and felt like a million bucks. Strong, good lungs, solid legs. Then I stood up and the knee went south. For two weeks it has been sore and the Bakers Cysts was larger than ever.

I scheduled a meeting with a new Doc that runs named Dan Pereles, MD or Doctor Dan. He was great, he reviewed my MRI and history and said that at some point I would need Surgery to repair a torn Meniscus. In the mean time to get me through the summer I was administered a healthy Cortisone shot with some numbing agent. The needle was 20 feet long. (The needle gets longer every time I tell the story).

Today, the knee feels better. Probably more the numbing agent than the Cortisone as I think that takes a few days to work. I can run this weekend so I am pretty stoked. I will post my first run results after I run!