Just lie still - this will only take a few minutes

"You're getting old"

This, said to me by my family doctor, was a bit more painful than my left knee which was the reason I was talking with him in the first place.

You see, I've had this long-term knee pain for almost seven months now. It's really annoying and makes me nervous. So, I go to the doctor. He does some poking and moving examining the kneecap, and basically comes up with that simple conclusion above. Great.

However, it finally gets to the point that the pain is waking me up at night and whatnot. So I go back. This time I press the issue - I want to find out what's wrong ya know?

"Ok - I'll send you for an MRI - then a specialist will determine if there is anything we can do, or how we can proceed - how's that sound?"

Alrighty then! Bring on the technology!

So, I go get an MRI. This is the second I've had. It's been a while since the first one, however, so things have changed quite a bit. The machine is much smaller, the environment is much nicer, oh - and you get to have your own CD with the images - sweet!


If you're squeamish, you might want to turn away. Then again, if you're squeamish, you're probably not reading this crap anyway.



Nice huh? There are 149 more. Maybe if you're interested, I'll put them on my Flikr page.

What's it telling me? I dunno. If I did, the title of this blog would be more like "Rich and conservative Radiologist in malpractice hell".

Oh - and what are the results as reported by the specialists?

I dunno - haven't heard a thing.

But my knee is feeling much better, thanks for asking.