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Maybe stick with the running that isn’t hurting. Your doctor can give you good info on May 4, which is next week! It’s nice you can get regular workouts in. :)
to answer the earlier question, I am trying to eliminate two specific unhealthy behaviors. I cope really well (healthy coping mechanisms) with a fair amount of anxiety on most days.
Good idea about sticking with running that isn't hurting. The way this has all worked out, I thought for sure in Feb/March/early April that the pain that started in January wouldn't settle down on its own. I was convinced something had changed in my foot anatomy (feet do change) either from just general changes or I had dome something in the race that was making the tendon rub and the only option was going to be to remove the screw. So when I had an appt in early March with the surgeon and he said it might settle down on its own, lets re-evaluate in early May and if it's bothering you we'll take it out, I was pretty sure what was going to happen is I'd try to run, have pain, and show up on May 4 ready to schedule a surgery, trying to fit it in so I'd be able to be in the water lifeguarding around July 4 (I take a break from my Big Kid professor job for a month every summer and teach swimming at a summer camp). When I found I could / can so far run and feel okay, I didn't re-evaluate that plan - I was still in the mode (basically until your post, not kidding) that on May 4 I'd need to make a decision as to having the screw taken out, hence I needed to figure out what did hurt and what didn't.
But, the logical flaw in that is that there's actually no clock on this. I can take as long as I want to build up running again, try cycling outdoors (I've been doing the stationary bike because I think it's less stressful on feet than the clippy pedals on my road bike), etc. Moreover, it makes sense to do that. And on May 4 I can ask the questions I have and go from there.
Anyway, that was a very helpful comment, so thank you.
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