I had the isotope bone scan today to find out if it is a stress fracture I have in my fibula. It wasn’t half as scary as the information I received the other day made it out to be. The worst thing was finding a car space at the hospital (twice!).

I turned up initially at 11am this morning. After waiting for a few minutes a nurse took me into a room that had a big scanner in it with a stretcher type bed thing attached to it. This scanner was like one of those big washing machine things you see on TV. Not as big as a CT machine… and not as scary at all. There was no control room and no screens… so it just seemed like a bed with a big circular thing attached at the end!

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I’ve finally received an appointment through to have a bone scan to find out what’s wrong with me leg. It sounds pretty scary - it’s actually called an isotope bone scan - part of the nuclear medicine facilities at the local NHS hospital.

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Well I finally had the call from my GP with the results to m X-Ray I had a couple of weeks ago…

The radiologist has said that there are medical signs that are indicative of a stress fracture in the fibula. But, just as my physio said, the X-Ray isn’t conclusive so my GP is now going to refer me for an isotope bone scan.

I feel slightly relieved that first of all the physio was right, and secondly that I’m close to knowing just what’s wrong.

I really am missing running now. Swimming just doesn’t cut it.