After much pain and not getting better after PT, I made an appt with a sports orthopedic doc two weeks ago. She ordered an MRI and low and behold, I have a stress fracture. I kinda wished I had known about it right after the marathon, so I'd be three weeks further into recovery, but I know now. Stuck in this lovely boot for the time being.
The doc apparently sent me to the Mercedes of orthopedic boot shops, as this bad boy cost me a cool $450. It has a nifty compression pump. But I didn't really feel like shelling out that kind of money for this stupid injury.
I see the doc Monday to check in, and because there was something else funky going on in the bone, I go back for more imaging in a couple weeks.
In the mean time, I've been swimming and biking for the first time in years and years. I'm really out of shape and incredibly slow at both, so it's been a little rough getting into it. I miss my running buddies. I miss running. I feel tired after biking and swimming, but it isn't the same as a good running workout. Maybe I need more practice at them both before I feel good about a workout. I can't go very far in either yet - the last thing I need is to hurt my shoulder or strain a hamstring. But I'm working on enjoying it.
I'm trying to be positive while I'm laid up with this stress fracture and I've been mostly successful, but I've been in a funk the last couple days. I officially backed out of Ragnar, which is really disappointing. I am also sad that I won't be able to run the ladies half the next weekend. The medal was cute and I wanted to race with the women on the team. I got into the Twin Cities 10 Mile, but probably won't be ready to run that either. I'm getting soft (lost a lot of muscle, replaced with fat) and though it has been stable so far, I'm worried about gaining weight. I'm crabby at the selection of match.com men I seem to be getting paired up with. And though it really needed to be done, I just spent $2500 I don't have to get the bathroom walls replaced and the tile redone, which yeah it looks nice, but I have many other things I'd have rather spent that money on. Yup, throwing myself one hell of a pity party.
Hoping to snap out of it.
The doc apparently sent me to the Mercedes of orthopedic boot shops, as this bad boy cost me a cool $450. It has a nifty compression pump. But I didn't really feel like shelling out that kind of money for this stupid injury.
I see the doc Monday to check in, and because there was something else funky going on in the bone, I go back for more imaging in a couple weeks.
In the mean time, I've been swimming and biking for the first time in years and years. I'm really out of shape and incredibly slow at both, so it's been a little rough getting into it. I miss my running buddies. I miss running. I feel tired after biking and swimming, but it isn't the same as a good running workout. Maybe I need more practice at them both before I feel good about a workout. I can't go very far in either yet - the last thing I need is to hurt my shoulder or strain a hamstring. But I'm working on enjoying it.
I'm trying to be positive while I'm laid up with this stress fracture and I've been mostly successful, but I've been in a funk the last couple days. I officially backed out of Ragnar, which is really disappointing. I am also sad that I won't be able to run the ladies half the next weekend. The medal was cute and I wanted to race with the women on the team. I got into the Twin Cities 10 Mile, but probably won't be ready to run that either. I'm getting soft (lost a lot of muscle, replaced with fat) and though it has been stable so far, I'm worried about gaining weight. I'm crabby at the selection of match.com men I seem to be getting paired up with. And though it really needed to be done, I just spent $2500 I don't have to get the bathroom walls replaced and the tile redone, which yeah it looks nice, but I have many other things I'd have rather spent that money on. Yup, throwing myself one hell of a pity party.
Hoping to snap out of it.
