Well, I am now training for the American Discovery Trail Marathon. Started the countdown in the left hand column. We will see how my foot does. I can tell you one thing so far…..I am getting old. Bouncing back is not as easy as it used to be. We will seee.
Well, I am going to have surgery on my foot next month. An old high school injury has never healed correctly, and resurfaced with a vengance in my marathon training. Of course, it could be due to the fact of me getting old :). After getting healed up, I will begin training again. Keep checking the website for details!
This blog must be looking like a medical report lately, but that is what is going on, so I have to go with it. Anyway, I ran a couple more miles on the treadmill last night and have been pushing it pretty hard. My heel is hanging in there, but my ankle is freaking out. The chiropractor has loosened up my ankle and it is moving like it hasn’t for years and it is SORE. Needless to say, I am a little discouraged, but am not giving up. Maybe tonight, me and pooch will take a relaxing walk on the trails by the house. We will see what tomorrow brings.
I went to my favorite “back cracker” a couple of days ago and got an ultrasound “Sonic Blaster” treatment. This incredibly expensive machine produces huge blasts of sound waves to break up the stuff in my foot. And the Chiro says it has an 80% cure rate. His stretching and manipulation is helping too, and this thing just might work! I have, however, lost some fitness and the September marathon is pretty much out. But I am now looking to run the Disney Marathon in January, if/when this heel gets fixed.
If the Chiro cannot fix it. It will need surgery, and I will probably get that in the fall. Details to follow
Well, this is what my thinking is now………
I will visit my PT/Chiro guy next Wednesday to see what his opinion is of what is going on. He understands the issue and will look at what he can do. The thing is, that if I get the surgery done now, then I might be ”out” for the summer, and that would not be good. There is too much hiking, biking, golfing and stuff going on to be a “no show”. So my thinking now is to do all the PT I can and to stay as active a possible with a bunch of eliptical work thrown in. If it doesn’t improve or gets worse, then I will have to do surgery. But it definitely looks like the marathon in September is out. Maybe the one in January might work. We will see.
Anyway, I still plan on keeping this thing going on. Keep checking the blog for updates, as I haven’t given up hope yet. Who knows, the PT/Chiro guy seems to be optimistic.
Went to the podiatrist today and I found out that I have osseous equinus on the upper part of my ankle. This bone growth at the top of my ankle has caused my ankle to not flex correctly, which causes all the extra stress on the bottom of my foot causing the heel pain. He gave me 4 options….
Even though surgery is not guaranteed to fix this, it seems like the best option. I will need physical therapy and other procedures afterwards, and my activity level will be limited for a while. So the marathon in September looks like a “no go” for now. My next marathon option will be the Disney Marathon in January. But we will have to see. I will have to make a decision tomorrow. Yikes!
