Running Feet

[cjsmith]

I tried to run today. Running two days in a row is an important test, I told myself.

I got maybe twenty paces before I knew I would have to turn back. I walked and stretched and hopped a little bit, deceiving myself, but I was being foolish and I knew it. I galloped home, putting full weight only on the foot that wasn't currently hurting.

I'm not sure quite how to compare it, but this may mean I have made no progress whatsoever. I couldn't do two days in a row in December, nor can I now.

Ah well. I'll see what the physical therapist makes of this. I'm glad I tried it. If I'm not "cured" I want to know I'm not cured, so I can keep talking to doctors until I am. I hold on to the hope that one day I will run again.

Comments

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

Darn.

I still think the first day was progress -- when you were here, your feet complained when you *walked*.

Here's hoping one day you WILL run again, and every day.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Well, my feet complained when I walked Saturday, too, because I ran... but hmm, I didn't run when I was in Egypt... Okay, yeah, maybe it is progress. Here's hoping the progress isn't due only to not running. :-)

I shouldn't be so darn melodramatic about it. There's always the kill-the-nerve option. If I need that, I will be able to run afterward, the doctor assures me.