I’m just full of them this week it seems…I’m
blaming the ridecamp group because ya’ll are wonderful!
First of all, thanks everyone for the advise on the pawing
issue. I’m going to try and get the owners of the horse to spring for
mats and try that. I am going to have to dig the stall down completely, put in
some limestone, then crushed rock, then some sand, then mats, however, it’ll
be worth it to not have to refill the stall daily.
My next question involves me! I’ve been having some
bilateral lower leg pain for the last couple of years, and since I’ve
been working with a personal trainer trying to get myself a lot fitter, it’s
really become an issue. What happens is upon exercise the lateral part of my
lower leg gets extremely painful, and if I try to keep on exercising, it will
cause my feet to go tingly and fall asleep. I went to see an orthopedic doctor,
and he suspected Compartment Disease, and ordered an MRI, of which I got the
results of today. He says the MRI is not consistent with Compartment disease,
and he doesn’t know what it is, but suggested I go see a vascular
specialist. Here is what the radiologist said about the MRI…
“There does appear to be soft tissue fluid
and edema anteriorly adjacent to the tibia with evidence of some periosteal
edema and underlying bone marrow edema. This is consistant with a Grade II-III
stress reaction of the tibia. No abnormal signal is identified in the
surrounding musculature. There does appear to be some mild edema in the
posterior subcutaneious tissues as well. No fracture line are identified. Impression:
Evidence of a GradeII-III stress reaction of the tibia including periosteal
edema, bone marrow edema and edema in subcuateous fat adjacent to the anterior
tibia. Mild edema in the posterior subcutaneous fat is also noted. No obvious
fracture lines are identified”
Ok, all you more medically minded folks out there. What the
heck is all that? The ortho said it was consistant with shin splints, but the
pain in on the lateral side of my leg, not over the shin area, and my symptoms
are not consistant with shin splints. I have made an appointment with my
primary care doctor in order to get the referral to a vascular doctor (we love
our HMO’s), however, until then…
Thanks a bunch!
Juli and the Herd
Alpine (who would really like it if mom could get off and walk once in awhile)
