A steroid injection is been used to help the process and the 3 goal man is delighted at avoiding the surgeon's knife.
"It's a big weight off my shoulders. They didn't operate and that's why I'm delighted," Anderson told the Grimsby Telegraph.
"We have to see how it settles down. If it does the surgeon said I could be training in three weeks - though I'm not sure if he means running or joining in.
"If it doesn't get any better in a fortnight I have to go and see and maybe have the op.
"I didn't ever think it was that bad and it saves me getting cut up!
"I've got another two games of my suspension and then, hopefully, I won't miss many more.
"I'll be back at the ground in the next couple of days to start getting some treatment."
Manager Paul Groves is still searching for a new striker with Cardiff striker Peter Thorne ruled out the equation. Charlton speedster Kevin Lisbie is the latest name to hit the rumour mill after he was told he can leave the Valley.
Darren Mansaram is still unsure whether he will need an operation on his groin after the scan proved inconclusive.