Mixed news at the doctor

[underpants]

Last Tuesday I had a horrific pain in my right ankle so I went to my podiatrist on Thursday, I went back yesterday.

My right Peroneus brevis tendon is pulled or something.

Anyway he took my orthetics back to get re-surfaced or something and he said that I had to wait for the orthetics to run again. I have run in them once and didn't like it-he says that is over I have to wear them all the time now.

As for the pain-he said stay off it and if I wanted to I could run the marathon

12 days from now.

At this point it looks like it will be really tough. I have a lot of pain when I first stand up. Walking is okay once I get started.

[flamingyouth]

1. Ow, that sounds really painful.

Good luck to you. Tendon pain is tough. Ice!

[underpants]

2. Ice (and R.I.C.E.) is really only good for the first 48 hours

I was on Celebrex (yikes!) but I stopped taking it when my face got fire engine red and I couldn't cool down-Sunday

[flamingyouth]

3. Yeah, my dad took that and had the same reaction.

He has osteoarthritis in both knees. (To be honest, I hate icing stuff; I'm just parroting my physical therapist. :D)

Are you running a full or half-marathon?

[underpants]

4. Plan is a full

but funy thing about this race it is an out-and-back then out-and-back on the same course so you basically can/have to decide at the half way point if you want to get your fair share of abuse that day.