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November 14, 2004
Finally - An Update
I have been keeping up with everybody's blog but my own. To be honest, I am starting to feel incredibly guilty for even having a journal on this fabulous site - I am not running, I have no immediate goals, and I am sickly out of shape. I am growing increasingly suspicious that I will be out for a few more weeks - this injury is going to take longer to heal than I originally envisioned. I don't think my feet will grace the road again until 2005.
I was supposed to see the doctor last week, but I had to tutor a student -it was an emergency and there was no one to cover. I should put the word "emergency" in quotes since every students thinks his/her 5 page essay is a life or death situation; of course, I can totally sympathize with him/her! So I called and cancelled and I have to wait another 6 weeks to see the doctor. I requested a referral from the doc. to get an MRI (I have an HMO so this is the only way it will work) and he said no. He still thinks my foot is fine, but that I should not run on it. About 5 weeks ago, he wrapped his hand around my foot and said, "hmmm. It's not hot so you don't have a stress fracture anymore." Are you kidding me? At this point, I just want to know what the heck is going on and why I cannot run! I am asking for too much, though - I will just have to wait it out.
I am really sad. I remained upbeat and positive for about 10 weeks, but the last 2 weeks have been disasterous. My running fitness is gone and I am having a hard time keeping myself motivated to bike. I am lucky if I bike 3 days/week. My body is sadly becoming more "americanized" everyday. Somebody shoot me now.
Enough complaining. I miss all of you!!!
Posted by bridget at November 14, 2004 12:03 PM