Intresting day today. I took the last few days off since the race on Saturday due to ongoing ankle pain. So I went to the gym to do some low impact exercises. I thought it would be a good idea to warm up my foot in the hot tub first. I was so careful to sit on the side and not get my pants wet, but that was all in vain when a lady jumped into the tub and drenched me and my underside. I looked like I had a complete accident- so I just went with it. Anyway, I did 20 mins on the elliptical and ran just under a mile. I had limited time since I had a Podiatry appointment in 45 mins. I picked up my son from the daycare and walked to the car to realize I locked my keys and phone in the car, so I limped and carried my son across the street and went to the appointment. Aside from seeing the Doctor, it went like this: "Hi I'm Tara, I have an appointment at 10:00. And unfortunatly, I locked my wallet with my insurance card, money and everything in my car, so I will have to bring that in later. " "Ohhhhh, well, that's no problem. Can I see your insurance card?" "Uh oh, remember that's in the car." "Oh yeah. (ha ha ha with some typing) Hey it looks like we have your insurance card scaned into our computer! And it looks like you have a $25 co-pay. How would you like to pay for that today." "Do you take toes as collateral because my wallet it still locked in my car (said with a smile of course)." I laugh, she does not. "Well, okay, I will just make note that you have not paaaaaaiduh." I look down as she draws a circle on a blank piece of paper then tucks it away somewhere random. That was weird. I go in and see the Dr and take some x-rays. Then he tells me I have Sinus Tarsi Symdrome, a fancy word for pain located in the cavity on the outside of the foot just inside of the large ankle bone. He tells me to rest it for a few days, ice, NSAIDS and sent me out the door with cortisone injection to the injury. An overuse injury pinching the nerve is what he guesses. Not a big deal, will be back running by next week. I'm bummed I've lost two valuable weeks of training, but I would rather be out now rather than during marathon season. I walk up to the receptionist and ask to use the phone because it is also locked in my car. "Sure who do you want to call?" I call my husband at work and laugh as I explain the situation to him. Meanwhile, the receptionist is staring at me. I tell him I have no ride, I'm locked out of the house, I need to pick up the kids in the next 20 minutes and I just got an injection and can barely walk, plus I have the baby without a stroller with 4+ miles to walk UPHILL. Literally. So I tell him I will just walk to the kids school then home, carrying Landon, limping:) We both laugh about it, but my laugh this time is a scared laugh. I knew he couldn't get off work, nor did he have access to his personal phone at the moment with phone numbers ( and the receptionist already tried to find several of my friends numbers in the white pages with no luck.) So I hang up the phone and she smiles and says, "It sounds like you have it all worked out! Give us a call when you get home. You can pay over the phone so you don't have to come back in today." I think she missed the boat somewhere, long ago. I smile and tell her thank you:) I begin walking up the hill with Landon on my shoulders. After 3/4 mile I get lucky and my friend pulls over and tells me my husband got a hold of her and she came to get me! Oh, such a good ending!! So success in a day like this comes from finding out that I don't have a very serious injury, having a good friend who is available at the drop of a hat, and realizing my spring season is not ending but just beginning:) Happy running or limping, wherever you're at.
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