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August 30, 2004
And the hits just keep on coming :-(
It has been almost a week since I have updated my blog and instead of reporting that my week off resulted in a miraculous new beginning, I have some really bad news to report. But before I move to that, THANK YOU so much to all of the amazing women on this blog who sent comments of support!!! All of you were dead on: the week of cross training definitely aided the healing of injuries that had been lingering for months; I am happy about that.
Now on to the bad news. B. and I went to the gym last and I decided to hop on the treadmill and churn out 5 miles. I began to feel a lot of pain in my forefoot -- nothing I had ever felt before. Around 3 miles - and clipping comfortably at a 6:48 pace - I had to stop; the pain was not going away.
Once I got off the treadmill, I nearly collapsed. Poor B., he didn't know what to do with me or my teary eyes. I iced my foot a few times last night and kept it elevated, thinking that I would wake up this morning and it would be cured.
Well, everytime I moved my foot last night, I woke myself up. This morning there is an amazing amount of swelling over the 2nd metatarsal. Conclusion: I believe I have a stress fracture in my second metatarsal. I am actually 99.9999% sure. My biggest problem is that I cannot see a doctor because I am in the process of switching my insurance and I am too poor to afford one on my own (I am, afterall, a graduate student!).
Does anyone know how to treat this injury?
It looks like my marathon dreams just went out the window (at least for this Fall).
Posted by bridget at August 30, 2004 06:50 AM