Bad Luck on Friday the 13th
Reminded today that all of this could be over in an instant. Was completing my first 3x3w/3 of the season and in literally the last 2 steps of the last rep! ... the last 2 steps of several hundred meters of sprints ... I felt a snap in my R knee, lateral side. Maybe it was because I was braking at the end? It was not painful so it was not really alarming, but I tried to run a 100m 3min after my last 300m and I felt a small amount of pain after 50m so I stopped. Now 2 hrs later it hurts a bit more. This is so reminiscent of my Oct 14, 2018 meniscus root tear because it kind of sounded and felt the same, although that was L knee, different location, medial. That meniscus root tear that required surgery and stopped me from running for 6 mo and competing for 18 mo (also due to pandemic), was so unremarkable at the time, I didn't even mention it on my blog that day! This would be my luck, to lose my M65 season with Nationals just 9 days after my birthday and an hour away. Damn. Damn. Damn. Friday the 13th, indeed.
Looking back at fall '18, after the injury and before the surgery, I was still running 100s on turf, stationary and road bike, rower, weights, and even stairmaster. I really didn't know how bad the injury was til I actually had the report in my hands. I was told there was 'meniscus wear' and that they would 'try some injections.' Such total BS!!! I started to develop swelling, Baker's cyst. Thankfully, I went to Dr. LaPrade. If this requires a surgical repair, I won't hesitate to return to him, he is now in Minneapolis.
I'm not guessing on this one. MRI scheduled for Wed.
Today's workout was just getting it done, my first 3x3w/3. Not fast at all. I had enough juice left to press a little on the last 100m, and at the end of the straight into the wind, is when I felt it. Don't want to be too dramatic about this, I may wake up tomorrow and it may be better, but I doubt it.
Hoka trainers on
stretches, drills, bands, 2x70m
Hoka rocket xs on
3 x 300m w/ 3 min rest - 51.93, 55.68, 56.84
Probably the slowest 3x3w/3 I've done, but got it done. For all the good it did me. Last two days I had been doing squats, wonder if that had any affect on my injury susceptibility, or those hard sprints I did last time out. I actually started feeling proximal ham soreness for the first time on the R side.
One weird thing is that last night I went to a food bar and ate a huge amount of meat - fish, shellfish, chicken. I went to bed weighing 146 lbs. Today after workout, 139.5 lbs... one of the biggest weight drops I've had in 22 hrs.
I had the blood drawn for 2 lipid fractionation tests (MMR, ion mobility) yesterday, as well as standard lipid profile, and apolipoprotein A/B evaluation. It's going to take weeks for the results of the advanced tests. Wonder if anything changes from my Oct 17 blood draw, 8 weeks ago. May receive some results before Xmas, the rest hopefully by end of year.
All those tests are fine I suppose , but I am a firm believer in the radiographic anatomy ( ie the CTA). The detail has been superb even with the early software years ago, which now even more so. I am not a cardiologist but as a board certified neurosurgeon I have clipped many a brain aneurysm based on CTA -without a groin stick and invasive angiography. With current dye contrast reactions are almost a thing of the past. We can look at blood markers and pontificate, extrapolate, debate 😂 but nothing beats a superb picture or the individuals vessels. I’m all for evidence based medicine, however we will never be “ pure science” with so many genetics, humanistic, lifestyle etc individual variations. When patients have cardiac events the answer lies in the anatomy so why not get proactive and look at the actual vessel anatomy. Just my opinion re cardiac CTA
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think about carotid ultrasounds from a predictive standpoint?
DeleteA cardiac CT with contrast? If it's better than an angiography with contrast, I'm all for it.
DeleteYes. Coronary CT angiogram( probably same thing you’re contemplating) fast and beautiful images, can look at carotids and vert arteries with same dye load for that matter. I would certainly get before I commit to statins. Of course sometimes ins companies balk but family history alone Shd be indication. Cash price Shd not be horrible. If can’t get order I’ll fax one - 😀😂.
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