55 mins on the elliptical. I did not go for an hour for two reasons, first, I was so not into it yesterday that it was all I could do to drag myself to the gym. After I got there I was inspired to just "do something" and I thought ... 55 mins, I can do that. Secondly, I had promised Dean I would be home by 8PM (I still did not make it, but it was because I was talking to John, our doctor ... more on that later). So, Dean had an MRI on Tuesday. As a little history, Dean has not run since around Christmas last year, and before that he had not been able to run for over 6 months. The first issue was a hamstring/hip issue that seemed to get "better" (although there was some evidence of a labral tear in his hip) and then *blam* something happened in his foot. He had been able to run ~20` at a time a few days a week until about a month ago, and now he is in pain even walking around. Dean has been a competitive runner since high school (and he ran in college). The past two years have been very hard for him. Well, the MRI found that he has Freiberg's
disease, it is an avascular necrosis of the metatarsal head. He also has capsulitis (which is probably the more painful of the two). He needs to see a podiatrist, but surgery is indicated for both of these diagnoses, if all other treatment fails (which they likely will since he has not run for so long, it is unlikely that "rest" is going to be a treatment). The good news is that he has, finally, obtained a diagnosis. The bad news is, it is a freaky problem and the "fix" is not easy to determine. It would be so awesome if we could do some thing (like surgery) and then rehab and then have him up and running again in a few months. I have been really hard to deal with for the last month because I have been depressed about not running for a month ... Dean has been a rock even through his nearly 2 years of frustration. I hope you are all recovering well, running happily and enjoying your fall weather!
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