Farewell, Tabcat

EliseS and I lost our Tabby today. She'd only just turned 9, and was diagnosed with a huge tumour last Saturday. We took the decision to relieve her suffering today - she'd battled on, and was still herself, but it was obvious she was battling. It was very peaceful, she literally just went straight to sleep.

She was a great cat - very much her own animal, but capable of great affection when it was just EliseS and I. We got her from the Lort Smith Animal Hospital in Melbourne at about 10 weeks old. She's been around for just over a year short of all of EliseS's and my relationship, so it's kind of hard to imagine life without her.

See ya, mate.

Osteitis pubis

We're about 75% of the way to a diagnosis, and this looks to be it. At this point, minimum four weeks off with a course of anti-inflammatories, but I can swim or cycle (provided I don't get up out of the saddle). Will probably get an MRI next week to confirm.

An update

Things are looking a little on the grim side at the moment, although I'm a bit down right now which is probably flavouring my view of the world.

I've hardly run in the last five weeks, and not at all for a few weeks, since I broke down about 2.5k into a run around the Bay a few Sundays back, same issue in the upper right leg. The issue continues to make itself felt when walking down hill.

At this stage, possible culprits include a stress fracture in the right pelvis or neck of the right femur, osteo pubitis or other similar issue (apparently they're diagnosing thigh splints now), or, worst of all, wear and tear in the cartilege/tendons around the right hip joint. If it's the last option, my running career might be finished. I'm currently in 'worst case scenario mode' so things aren't pretty on that front.

So, I had a bone scan Friday last week that I should have results of tomorrow. It's not a good sign when the preferred outcome is a stress fracture. I'll post again when I have news.