View looking at the inside of the right knee; front (anterior) of the knee is to the left. My injury is actually to my left knee.

But I have to do it.  What a difference a day makes.  Yesterday I was riding high on great news from a few different sources and today, I’m sitting at home, icing my knee and depressed about the fact that the knee is acting up again.

I say “knee” as a general term but the specific area that’s currently causing me problems is what the doctors call the “hamstring insertion,” the tendon that attaches the bottom of one of my hamstring muscles to my tibia (one of the leg bones below the knee).  The physical therapists out there are probably laughing at my description here but I’m going to try to keep it in layman’s terms.

Tomorrow is another big milestone day.  I have an appointment in the morning with Dr. Luke, my rock star orthopedist at UCSF.  Dr. Luke has treated Olympians and scores of professional athletes, so I’m fortunate to be seeing him.  I’ll have a post-appointment update soon!

Image by eOrthopod.