Saturday, February 25, 2012
Laid Up
So, I'm off the running path for a couple of weeks. Monday I had a cyst removed from my right calf. It was nothing serious, not malignant or anything, but the doctor had been telling me it needed to come out for a while and I finally listened. I'm hard-headed that way. In any case, I now have a two and a half inch incision on the back of my leg with lots of stitches. My girlfriend calls it my Frankenstein Leg. One of my first questions to the doctor was, "How long until I can run again?" He told me to give it two weeks. Ugh. It was way less than I was afraid of, but still longer than I wanted. Two weeks of no quiet runs in the morning, no quick three mile loops in the evening to make up for that cheeseburger I had at lunch, no weekend long runs. Oh well. At least I'll have a cool scar right?
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I had a friend that got bit by a pit bull on a run a month ago. The bite gave him a nasty scar that cost him two weeks of running while it heeled. It hard to take time off, but I found out the hard way that we need to give our body time to heel. I hope you don't put on the weight like I did when I took 18 weeks off for the stress fracture in my foot.
ReplyDeleteI am glad everything is ok. I admire your drive. I do not like running and when I do run, I get shin splints. They hurt so bad. I enjoy working out, when I have time but running is defintely not my fortay. I hope you heal beautifully and you are back running soon.
ReplyDeleteCan you go for walks to work off that cheeseburger? Or work on the weight machines in the LSUS gym!
ReplyDeleteK. Smith
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