In my previous post, I blogged about the first time that I was diagnosed with CECS. It would have been great if my story ended there and I had gone on to be this incredible distance runner. The truth is that with in one year of having the surgery, I was back to having some of the same symptoms as before. Whenever I would run too many miles, my lower leg would be come numb and sometimes swell. Over the course of several years I went Doctor shopping. I went to one Ortho who sent me to his partner who was a sports specialist who sent me to the nerve specialist but she did not know anything about muscle injuries so she sent me to University of Michigan and I saw doctors who recommend compartmental testing for high pressures but they cancelled my testing twice and I got frustrated and went to see Dr. Mendleson. If that sounded like the longest run on sentence ever, then you know how I have felt over the last 4 years. Multiple Doctors, many opinions and not much action. However when I went to see Dr. Mendleson, he was honest and told me that this problem was outside his area of expertise. I was bummed, but he told me that he knew the right guy. On to my 6th doctor....
When I walked into Dr. L's office, I was hesitant. I knew he had a good reputation and his whole practice revolved around taking care of only sports related injuries. But, so did the guy who operated on me in 2002. He came into the office and I began telling him about my last 4 years. He examined me and said, " we will find out what is going on here and I will fix it if I can". Oh, oh... been here before....
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