tennis elbow? really?

I've had pain & swelling in my left elbow for several weeks now.

When I went to see my doctor recently, she told me that I have

tennis elbow, of all things. I find this especially ironic since I 

haven't played tennis since my freshman year in high school. 

As you can see, I don't even know what a tennis racquet looks like. 

I have no idea what caused it, but I'm trying to be kind to myself

and recover. Also odd is the fact that my housemate Julie was diagnosed 

with tennis elbow yesterday. So watch out -- it may just be contagious!!