Running: good news and bad news

Physical therapist and I both think my feet are getting better. He gave the OK for me to try running this weekend. I'm supposed to report back and say how much pain it caused. YAY! I can run! It's amazing how the inability to run has affected my energy (because I'm not exercising) and my self-image as "someone who used to get exercise but doesn't now". I hope my feet do okay.

Guess what woke me up this morning. Yup... bad belly cramps. *sigh* I'm sitting here now waiting for the painkillers to cover enough of it that I can sanely attempt to run. Painkillers may be effective enough today, and they may not; maybe I won't get to go at all. But I know that if I don't wait until a lot of it is masked I'll have to be carried home in agony. It's happened. :-(

Running: more good news, and some sort-of bad news

I did go! My belly made me pay for it later, but it was worth it this time. I really wanted to see if my feet would be okay for short runs.

I went a mile. I got one twinge from one foot at 1/4 mile or so, but nothing else. I was panting and wheezing by the 3/4 mile point, plus the rain had started to pour down in earnest, so I was glad to be on my way back. I'm glad my feet can go a mile. I'm disappointed, but not too surprised, that my wind is so awful. That can be fixed easily enough if I can keep exercising.

The next important test for my feet is to see whether they can run two days in a row. That's the test that made me STOP running, late last December.

I told my physical therapist yesterday that if I can run, hike, and backpack, that's all I need. I don't have to have medically perfect feet. I'm "cured" if I can do the activities I love.

I may not have to have the nerves killed!