What the heck is wrong with my leg?

Posted 10:42 PM, July 09, 2008, by tjchen

Just got back from the NLM training conference, which was at the NIH near DC this year. The whole trip was great, because the BMI-ers were able to hang out a bit before and during the conference. With this fun, however, comes a price.

For the last two days, I started getting a sharp pain in my leg, along the shin. I thought it was shin splints, and that it would go away after a few days, but today the pain got so great that I was hobbling around and walking at an incredibly slow rate. Maybe I'm just weak, but I have never felt so much pain in my leg before. I guess it's kind of comparable to a charlie horse, but not along the muscle.

Oh well, tomorrow to the doctor it is. The doctor today on the phone sounded a little perplexed, as well as everyone else I have asked for advice.

Here goes nothing...