April 30th 2010 - The MRI

I had to wait until Friday (2 days later) to have the MRI done. At this point, my leg had been in a fiberglass splint for almost 2 days. When the splint was removed, my lower leg and foot were very stiff. It was somewhat painful even to get my foot into the MRI machine, as they had to bring my foot back close to a 90 degree angle so they could get the best results. The MRI took about an hour, and was much more comfortable than what I had thought it would be. I listened to some country music and even caught a quick nap while the photos were being taken. After the procedure was finished, they gave me a disc with all of the photos on it to take to my Orthopedist on the following Monday (May 3). Of course I loaded the disc into my computer when I got home, which is where the pictures of my achilles on the main page of this blog come from. I had no idea what I was looking at, but when I googled a picture of a healthy achilles tendon, it became pretty clear how bad the damage was.