Biked in to work today. It was cold. Car is still in the shop and I knew the wife would need the van so I took the trusty bike. It was a good workout and the foot didn't hurt too much. Probably because it was frozen. Biked to the Orthopedist's office for my appointment. They took xrays...but she didn't even look at them - I checked them out after the assistant left and before the doc came in. I could see the neuromas so I'm not making this up. :-) The doc was great - she's a runner and so she completely sympathized with me. Apparently, the cortisone loses its effectiveness over time and so since I had had so many treatments over the year or so, she was surprised my podiatrist was still shooting me up. She recommended physical therapy with ultrasound and stuff, and said I really had no alternative but to do the alcohol-based injections to kill the nerves. They have to order the solution since they don't keep it on hand and so it will be a week or two before I get it, but she said I should have relief 1-2 days after that. It may take up to 3 treatments, but she said most people only require one. I'm sure I'll need 4 based on my history since I'm never normal. lol I'll get in to the physical therapist later this week, I think. I'm glad she'll do the shots since my podiatrist didn't want to do anything that would be destructive until everything else was exhausted. So, I HOPE to be back on road in a couple weeks. I'm going to try and bike as much as I can to keep the cardio going. She suggested I do deep pool running, but I don't have access to a pool to do that in. I'm sure she has an indoor pool at her house but she didn't offer it. Bummer. Anyways, I feel a little better about my running and I'm finally catching up on work so that helps with the discouragement too. I apologize to all my friends on FRB that I've neglected. :-(
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