My next appointment with Dr. Peter is scheduled for 8 days later, May 27th. When I arrive he’s a bit surprised at my lack of progress in gaining control of my lower leg. After a careful physical exam he discovers a depression an inch or two directly above my patella and right in the middle of my thigh. Depressions are normal in various places around the sides of the knee — go ahead, feel your knees — but the depression Peter finds should not be there.
He immediately says it feels like a blown quad tendon. At that point I don’t have a clue what a quad tendon is or how important it is in the physical scheme of walking or bending. All I’ve ever heard of was ACL and PCL and other ligament- and cartilage-related stuff.
So I calm asked what the treatment is. He tells me: surgery, and not arthroscopic surgery either. Oops. Not good news.
He orders a knee and lower thigh MRI to confirm the diagnosis, but he is sure what they are going to show. We set a follow-up for the following Wednesday.
I head home unhappy. On the way (with Hilary) I call the Delco MRI Center and ask for the earliest possible appointment. Their first available is 10 days later.
Then we go to Haverford MRI on Route 1. We have no better luck there and I don’t like the place. In some desperation, I call Rothman and set up an MRI for next Tuesday at their facility, which is right down the hall from the main office. That would give Peter a chance to see the results before I next see him.
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