Thursday, November 5, 2009

Stress, more stress and now some good news

Hello,

Ok it has been 6 weeks since my last post and though there is no real excuse the reason has been due to the demands of my day job, my son's activities (cub scouts, school and soccer) and a nagging pain in my right shins. So more about the shin, four weeks ago I was having some steady pain in my right shin and an inflamed area about 4 inches up from the ankle. The pain wouldn't go away so I went to see my primary care Doctor who took some pictures and said there was no issue and to just give it some rest. Well two days later I get a call that the head of x-ray thought he saw a possible Tibia Stress Fracture so he wanted me to see and orthopedic specialist. I went to see the doctor and she suggested an MRI to rule out the stress fracture. Fast forward three weeks and I just found out yesterday that there is no stress fracture and I can start pack up running (slowly). That was great news because the idea of a stress fracture was going to really suck especially since this boy is running the 2010 Boston Marathon...

I was fortunate enough to get a number through my running club so I will be back again next year. I am very excited about this opportunity and I will promise to keep everyone up to date on my training progress.

Cheers,
Tim

3 comments:

pathfinder said...

That is fantastic, you must be excited. I entered the lottery trough my running club back have not heard the results...I have my fingers crossed......

Mary McManus said...

I have been thinking so much about you and keeping you in my prayers. What great news Tim -- so this means you'll be running Hyannis I presume and I'll get 2 cheer you on at Boston next year! Yeah!!!!

Tim Doiron a.k.a "Derv" said...

I am excited and I like that I can still raise money for the Respite Charity without the pressure of having to hit a specific dollar amount. Mary, yes this means I will be running Hyannis and stay at the hotel for the weekend so we will need to make plans for getting together. And Pathfinder, if you get a number let me know and you can come run the course with me as a training run.