A lot has happened in the last two weeks. Jenny and I were in Maui for a week and while there I started running again. I slowly progressed my walking schedule up to a 60 minute walk. On Monday, September 19th, I ran for 4 minutes during my walking "workout". Wow! Everything hurt: knees, quads, hips, ankles. But my fractured foot was fine. I've been running the last 8 out of 9 days and it's been great. I've progressed from 4 minutes up to 10 minutes. The goal this week is to get to 15 minutes on Sunday.
Yesterday I had a follow-up appointment at Dr. Van Boerum's office. X-rays look great. Still a small notch in the cortical bone that needs to fill in. But the fracture line can't be seen anymore and with some of the views you can't tell it was broken. The doctor said I have "graduated" and there's no reason to come back unless I feel pain.
On the pain front things get better every day. No joke. I can tell a difference from day to day. The walking/running is helping to strengthen the bone. I can go full gas on the bike now without any issues.
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