sure wish I hadn't broken my damn leg
Yeah I know. Some people have it a lot worse. My leg was healing really well until last week. I was back running and thought I was being careful even though I started way before they told me I should. I had made it to 9 miles twice. Then one night it just started hurting. It hurt worse than it did when it was broken. I thought it was from jumping up and down on a bridge over Cottonwood creek when we went out to eat on our anniversary. I thought I had a stress fracture. I went to the doc, fearing that I would need surgery, that I had a few screws loose (pun intended) or that I had in some way messed it up by being a smart ass and thinking I was so tough that my my 56ish self would heal like it did when I was 20. The doc took one look, ignored the swelling and the warmth and redness and said "you just knocked loose some scar tissue". He did an x-ray an sent me on my way -but after mentioning how many people come back and just want drugs. I didn't want drugs. I wanted to be