Thanks, man ... only *you* can understand how much agony I am in sitting here unable to walk, let alone run.
Its been two weeks and I still have alot of pain. Yesterday I went to the doctor and he wants to see me actually BENDING the joint .. while I demonstrated the little bit I *can* do, he wasn't impressed at all. So today I get a call from Dynasplint (
www.dynasplint.com) and at my next appt I will be fitted with a splint that will FORCEFULLY bend my joint .. I understand the rationale the doctor has ... his #1 goal is to have me running a QUALITY marathon next March and to get to that point, the joint MUST re-learn how to bend after 2 years of being unable to do it. True, my running speed has deteriorated as I've gone from a 9 minute mile to 11 minute plus ... which sucks, but ... I told him NOBODY wants to run pain-free as much as I do, to which he replied, THEN YA GOTTA GET THAT JOINT TO BEND....PERIOD.
So ... more pain and torture to come ... I guess its true what they say: things have to get worse before they can get better....
I've been crying all afternoon. It seems to dadgummed unfair to love anything as much as I do running and have this issue ... while others who hate running or refuse to run ... have no physical impairment like this.
My goal is pain-free running. But why does it have to be so painful to get to that point? As if the surgery wasn't bad enough .. it hurt like h*** and it still does. And I'm not the least bit encouraged.
10 more weeks non-running.
Betty