A few days ago I began to feel pain in my foot. Every step hurt (it still does) and so fearing the worst (fracture), I went see a podiatrist. Although I knew what was coming, I still was not prepared to hear "You must not run anymore for the remainder of your pregnancy." As a side note: I would not call myself a runner at this point. Old people pass me on the trails and streets. The doctor took x-rays to rule out any stress fractures in my foot. After those results came back clear, it was determined that I have a case of paroneal tendonitis. He said, which is funny, that my "body mass" simply can't handle the running anymore. The more pregnant I become, the more my feet start to spread. At any rate I feel sorry for myself. It may sound like a fun excuse to put my feet up and eat more ice cream, but those of you who know me know that I NEED to move or I am in a bad mood. I go tomorrow to be fitted for a really classy looking walking cast. Should be great. LAME. We'll see if I can follow the docs orders.
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Man, that's rough. Good luck with the cast. You'll have to post pictures, I'm sure it'll be sweet!
That makes me so sad:( I truly understand what you mean on needing the exercise - they put me on bedrest with Alyssa and after 2 days Kevin had to adjust the doctor's orders and we had to work things out not exactly as the doctor said to keep me sane. It is nice to relax but not to be forced to. I will hope you can come up with some creative ways to keep sane:)
that's pretty bad brooke. you really should try to follow the doctor's orders. you don't want anything else to happen. sorry. good luck with it all. you poor thing.
Oh man that really really stinks! You should start swimming... :o)
I should swim! I just don't know where I would go since we are no longer Stanford students. It's also hard to push a stroller in water :)
Maybe I should do it after Evan gets home from work (or before).
brooke, i noticed you limping - i am so sorry!
I can't believe I didn't hear about this sooner...you're in trouble. You probably didn't dare tell me because it's all my fault. i dragged you to and from the dish....blame it on me, how will I ever make it up to you:O)
Just kidding, I do feel bad that we still kept on running even though it was hurting....oh well, live and learn I guess. Come here during the day and go swimming, I'll watch kenz for you! It'll be great fun. Hurry and have this baby so we can go running though.
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