Tuesday Morning Blues

Here it is Tuesday morning and wondering what tomorrow will bring for me. I ran both yesterday and Sunday, and yesterday during my run, I felt my knee tweak a little. So I stopped running and walked the rest of the way back with my running partner to her house. I immediately went home and iced it off and on all day long. Today it feels a little bit better and I am hopping with the PT visit, it will feel even better.

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When I got home yesterday I called the doctors office and got right in on Wednesday. I think I will be asking for a cortisone shot which makes my stomach weak just thinking about it. So as a result I will be taking today and possibly tomorrow off from running which makes for a blue Tuesday.

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For now...

Rest girl, Rest

Hurray!!!

Hurray!!!

I went to the doctors yesterday and he gave me the clean bill of health to start back up running!!

I am sooo extremely happy to be able to run again. For all of you runners out there you know what I mean!

My running partner and I ran 2.2 miles this morning and walked 1.2 miles just to slowly get back into the swing of things! I am so happy I feel like running again but that will have to wait until tomorrow morning for another 2.2 miles.

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So for now I leave you...

RUN GIRL, RUN!!!

Day 13 of injury

Here it is, day 13 and let me just tell you...I am itching to start running again!

I head to the Nurse Practitioner tomorrow afternoon and you all will hear me whoop it up if he says I can start running again. Please keep you fingers crossed for me!

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Knee feels great. Really no pain now and I am walking fine on it. It is amazing to me how conscience I am of it, especially when I am sleeping. I am forever fixing the pillow that is between my knees when I sleep. I think that has helped a lot as far as putting pressure on it. Well...let's just hope it continues to feel this way and no more pain when I run. This marathon is getting closer and closer!!

So for now...

Hope girl, hope!

Day 11 of injury

Oh my good golly!!!

My knee feels like it is almost back to normal again! I guess the weekend of rain and rest really helped me out. Maybe the God's purposely decided to let it rain all day on Saturday so I could spend it reading, icing and heating my knee. Maybe that was the trick...to just stay off of it for a day or two completely.

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Well this chic is going to wait until Friday when I see my physical therapist and nurse practitioner to determine the next step in recovery. I do hope he says that I can slowly start running again. The marathon is creeping up and I need to start back in training.

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Now I know...not full guns blaring like I usually do but this chic has gotta start running again before I loose my mind.

So for now...

rest girl, rest!

Day 9 of injury

Well today is officially day 9 of hurting my knee and it is somewhat better. I have been going to the physical therapist 2x a week and it seems to be helping. Cortisone (not shots) and ultrasound treatments every time I go...the therapist yesterday asked me when the marathon was and I told him...his reply was "there is always next year". That totally bummed me out.

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Why did it bumm me out you ask, well I have been working so hard at training and I feel like it is for nothing now. I know it is the health of my knee but I really want to accomplish this before my birthday in October. I need to do this for myself. I can't explain the reason why...it's somewhere deep inside of me, brewing and festering. I have to do this and I think on Friday when I see the Nurse Practitioner, I will be asking for a cortisone injection. That my dear friends will be hell for me as I am a total woose when it comes to needles. Ugh...the thought just makes me sick to my stomach.

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So any of you out there...if you have any suggestions, please comment!!

Frustrated!

Well here it is...Tuesday and I should be running my heart out but instead I am taking care of my very sore knee. After my post on Thursday my knee just went downhill from there. Constant pain and swelling in the bursa area lead me to the chiropractor who determined that I have incredibly flat feet. This I have known about for a very long time but who would have thought it would do such damage.

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Since then, I have put some old orthotics in my sneakers until the new ones come in, ice the hell out of my knee and lots of advil. Advil seems to take the edge off the pain but not fully. Each day I wake up I'm not sure what to find...today it still hurts but I can put more pressure on it now.

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I did go to the orthopedic office and have a visit with a nurse practitioner who determined that it is bursitis and tendinitis. Fixable but at least two weeks out. I want to run so much...I need to run. But in the meantime I start PT tomorrow and more ice for this runner.

ice girl, ice!

I'm just wondering if the God's are against me and my running. First I injure myself several weeks back and now....the knee.

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After my last blog entry I went for a 6 miler and during the run I saw an amazing site, our resident bald eagle. Throughout the beginning of this run my knee was starting to bother me but by the end I was in full blown pain. And anyone who knows about distance mileage, once you do and out and back...you've gotta finish it. My thought was to call my friend who lives nearby and have her drive me to my car but I really wanted to get the run in. You know after all it is part of my training schedule...

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Well now I did it. I could barely walk after and come to find out that it is bursitis and tendinitis. All of which is thanks to my wonderfully flat feet. Yes. I did say flat feet. Apparently I am not striking the ground properly which is putting pressure on my tendons that run across my thigh which is aggravating my meniscus which is bugging a spot where three tendons meet. Thus....5 days of rest and PT on Wednesday. The doc said I could be back out there in 2 weeks but I am hopping for more like 1-1/2 weeks. I know I don't want to rush something like this but, this girls gotta run!!

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So for now I bid you ice and elevation and lots of Advil!!

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ice, girl, ice

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