My foot is progressively getting better. It's a really slow process though. It hurts in places that I didn't know existed. The scar tissue from tearing the tendon over and over has been thinning and hopefully the tendon will heal itself without any surgery. My job is to 1) exercise it regularly to strengthen the tendon and 2) don't over exercise it so that it will actually heal for reals this time. That's a hard line to distinguish. I walked a couple miles the other day and was fine. Then I walked on our treadmill for 2 miles and it hurt for the next 2 days. I think the difference was our treadmill. I'm so excited for it to get better though. It's no longer painful to the touch, but it's still painful to wear shoes.
Thinking back, I think I know some of the times when I tore it. In college, I "sprained" my ankle practicing the organ.... this was the same time that I was fencing for several hours a week and running a lot. I think I was straining it and tore it while playing the organ. I think I tore it again running the Bear Lake Half Marathon. I remember a hike where it really hurt a couple years ago. I probably tore it several times fencing and didn't realize it. Those are the times when I thought it was Plantar Fasciitis, but it turns out it wasn't. I was SOOOOO glad that the podiatrist didn't have to give me another steroid shot though. Those KILL! Now it's just being patient enough to let it heal before we go hiking or anything this summer. I'm also grateful for our Germany trip. It showed me that there was something wrong and to the podiatrist for getting me on the right path.
I was kind of curious to see how much I'd written about my foot on my blog, so I did a search. While I found a couple of entries, the one from 2009 was my favorite. I was talking about getting over the baby blues after Sam was born and mentioned that I went to the doctor because I kept spraining my ankle. He never really checked out my foot, he just gave me an anti-inflammatory and sent me on my way.... Now almost 9 years later I'm still dealing with it. Thanks doctor for checking out my problem so thoroughly ;)
Rhees Family
This is such a fun family. They're sweet and playful. It's fun to get to know them and try not to freeze in the cold rain! It was...
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I loved reading all of your blog posts. Your kids are adorable. My kids miss them. I wish we could take a trip to Utah, or get you guys over this way. Rachel asks after Ada every now and then and says she misses your family most of all.
Congrats on your parent's mission call. It sounds like they will be right in their element. Ruth really appreciates the couple missionaries. It seems that in part, their calling is to care for the young elders and sisters.
Sorry about your feet, but glad that you have an answer, after all these years, and can finally do the right things to get them healed.
Where did you find the information about the poles shifting? I'd like to read about that.
Say hi to your kids from mine. Miss you all!
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