Originally Posted by mr_bill

Bottom line - I look funny - and I'm back on the bike.

So, spent yesterday as a serial outpatient at Beth Israel in Boston.
The urgency was not bad news.

In the event that I needed surgery, I needed it real soon rather than later.

And in the event I didn't need surgery, they didn't want me to stop exercising until I could get an appointment.


Started with x-rays in the morning, then hands-on exam and consult, and ending with an MRI in the evening.

I did indeed tear my tendon, but function and strength is excellent.

Funny news to me is the HUGE (painless) lump might go away, but might be permanent. If it's permanent, it's called a Popeye deformity. Either way, other than looking funny, no worries about the lump. (Got to love medicine - where Latin *AND* pop-culture collide.)

So, mid afternoon I was on my way, and if I'd brought my helmet I would have taken a hubway home.
Far too beautiful out to be underground, so I walked back to Cambridge.

Returned in the evening.

MRI was like a Savasana - but with hands crossed over the chest and LOUD. Evidently most patients don't feel that way about it.

-mr. bill