Knee MRI tonight at 8pm

I got a call to schedule the MRI of my knee. At first they had it schedule for the 14th, ten days from now!! So I called back and asked if they could check other locations and they said they could do it tonight at 8pm. Woohoo! I am so psyched to get the MRI done. Now I just have to hope and pray that it shows what is causing all the pain. I probably won't get results until next week but that's okay. It's better than the 14th! I have to be there at 7:30pm and they'll do the MRI at 8pm. My knee is really hurting tonight so I'm glad that the MRI is getting done.

I haven't fixed dinner yet. I don't think I want to eat until after the MRI though because my stomach has been upset all day. I don't know if it's because of the Lidoderm pain patch or the anti-inflammatory mediation but I guess it could be. I might just have a snack and that's it for now so I won't be really hungry later.

Despite the pain, I had a nice day today. It was quiet and I didn't feel rushed or busy today. The house is clean (the cleaning lady came this morning) and I got my WW meeting in at 8am. So I had the whole day to relax. Bayou came home very tired from playing at doggy daycare all day and so she has been sleeping since she got home which means that I haven't had to be up and down letting her in and out. Ahh, sweet relaxation.

I'm hoping that getting the knee MRI will mean that I'm on the road to getting back to hiking and working out. I know it won't happen immediately but I'm hoping that they'll be able to send me to PT and that will get me where I want to be. I have no idea if I'll need any surgery. If I do, I'll get it done ASAP so I can get on to rehab. But I'm hopeful that it's an injury that can respond to PT. I can't wait to find out what the MRI results are. The worse thing that could happen is that they say it's an injury that they can't treat (like arthritis or something like that). I can't put up with this pain very much longer. It's going to take time to lose weight and I know that will help whatever is wrong but I'm not getting to goal overnight.

I'm just happy to be getting the MRI done tonight instead of the 14th!!!