Greetings —
I’m a 41 year-old male racewalker/jogger, BKA. After a full marathon this
past May, I noticed the emergence of what *in my layman’s perception* SEEMS
TO BE bony protrusions on my kneecap, toward the top at each side. The
skin’s bumped up maybe 4-5 mm higher than usual. This condition didn’t
create any significant problems in everyday life — some occasional mild
discomfort as it presses against the socket liner, and it’s frequently
pinkish, but it causes no blistering, and certainly no incapacitating pain.
It didn’t even affect my doing the Cape Cod marathon in October, which was
actually my third or fourth-BEST marathon (of seventeen events in six
years).
Only this past weekend doing the Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville,
Alabama, did this create any substantial pain — enough to interfere with
my racing. I’m accustomed to some discomfort and even pain as part of a
marathon, and I wasn’t blistering, so I simply resigned myself to being
stuck in third gear and continued grinding on to the finish line. It took
me a full hour longer than I expected, largely as a result of the pain that
hindered me from ever getting up to and sustaining my typical race pace.
I’m making an appointment to see my doctor, but first I’d like some other
real-world input first from those of you who may well know more about this
or related issues than the typical MD (no disrespect intended thereto). So
I welcome your comments, concerns, and suggestions for adapting to this.
Early next week I’ll summarize input from both the OANDP and the amputee
lists.
Thank you,
chuck
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Chuck Bryant
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