bitter magnet

ok, so like 4 weeks after my last run (June 5), and 3 MIT urgent care visits later..am i think i can honestly say i'm getting better. i didn't go to work thursday or friday, as i didn't want to walk and have the pain restart again. been taking Flexeril (just 2x a day now) and still doing the NSAIDs..i guess that's what's helping. the main thing is i am doing *very* limited amount of walking/standing. yesterday i only left SP once, to walk to the corner around the block. today, i have yet to walk outside SP at all (but i'm thinking of maybe going over to see the Boston Pops concert).

bit i know my legs aren't 100% healed though...maybe the pain is like down to 5-10%. the pain does seem the lowest that it's been since i've stopped running...likely due to the fact that i haven't been walking at all. i think the muscle relaxants help, although they have annoying side effects (drowsiness, very dry mouth, dizziness).

anyway, i'm excited to finally be able to walk again. :) i definitely won't do any running or any sort of exercise before i leave for California (Wednesday). and while i'm there i'll probably get a massage or something. i probably won't be able to do swimming anywhere (most places require membership or some fee)..but maybe i can do that thing where you run 5 min every other day, and keep adding 5 min to that. it sucks that i won't be able to run the wine country half-marathon. :( i guess i'm destined to not run any half-marathons in california! oh well...