To God Be the Glory
Hello Reader! I won't keep you long this week, but I did want to give an update since in my last writing I was experiencing some foot pain. It did continue and concern me enough that I called the Orthopedic office Monday morning to see if I could make an appointment. One was scheduled for Wednesday of this past week. An x-ray was done and no visible signs of a stress fracture were seen, as expected. Stress fractures are hard to see in x-rays, especially with a new injury. After discussing where the pain was located, it was determined that perhaps I have the beginnings of arthritis or something could be irritated and inflamed. He recommended a steroid anti-inflammatory and to reduce my mileage, after I made the request to be able to keep running. If things didn't improve in two weeks, he would order an MRI. I am unbelievably happy to report that this plan seems to be working. In my obedience, I ran two miles on Friday morning, worked Friday evening and ran only one and a half m...