I went to the doctor today to see when he was going to schedule my surgery thinking I was going to have to have surgery because of all that I read on the 'net. But GREAT news...no surgery. He said because of where the necrosis is it isn't hurting anything being there and if it was up near the kneecap he would be doing surgery but since it isn't he is going to leave it alone. I do need to stop using my crutches and start weight bearing as tolerated and eventually stop using my brace. He also kinda laughed when I asked when I could start running again so I guess my days of running are over. He said walking and ideally swimming would be the best but I can't afford the gym that has a pool. So walking it is. He did say I needed to watch for a stress fracture though because of where the necrosis is it could cause one so he said if all of a sudden my leg starts to hurt like crazy get my body in to see him and then stay off of it. So at least no surgery.

Jan