Return Doctor Trip

The urgent care doctor said to get a re-check in a few days, either back there or with my doctor and since I have an ortho doc here (two of them actually), I sent to see Dr. Lewis today as a follow-up. I've been wearing the splint most of the time since Sunday, but yesterday having it on at work was extremely frustrating as I couldn't type or write or hardly even eat. I thought I was going to have to ask one of the attorneys cut my chicken at the lunch yesterday!!

Anyway, my elbow was still pretty sore and my butt has been killing me--both in the muscle, where it's really bruised up, but also in the joint, which had me a bit concerned. Dr. Lewis just shook her head (you bike racers) and sent me down for more x-rays, a re-do of the elbow and some pictures of the hip. Back upstairs and good news--no fractures! So no more splint and immediate physical therapy. I went over and they put some electrical stim and ice on my glutes and I'll be going back on Friday for a further evaluation and more therapy. 

The bad news--no riding outdoors for now. Trainer or exercise bike is fine, though she didn't think I could sit on a saddle right now. Maybe wait a few more days to try it out. Walking is good. Swimming is fine as long as the elbow gash isn't oozing. So tomorrow I'll hit the treadmill and see how that feels. I don't think I could even drive right now (picking up the foot/leg is pretty painful in the butt). 

After a fantastic month of training in January, I'm pretty bummed to be starting out February like this. Especially with a race coming up in 2.5 weeks.