Howdy sports fans. I'm sitting here in Ft. Lauderdale waiting for my flight so figured I would bring everyone up to date on the edge-of-my-seat gripping saga that is my recovery.
When we last left off, the endocrinologist confirmed osteopenia. I then had another follow up with the ortho. Unlike my previous visit to him, he was a bit more cautious after the DEXA scan. No more sprint intervals. Discontinue the functional progression chart. We talked about pain levels and about what type of runs "hurt" the least. The easy 3 milers, said I. Then stick with those, said he.
Meanwhile, the endocrinologist gave me a referral to a metabolic bone disorder specialist at the University of Maryland. Next available appointment -- January 30 (criminy -- that many people see this type of specialist??) Anyhow, the ortho does not want me drastically increasing either mileage or pace until after I've met with the Maryland specialist. How am I supposed to train for Boston? Remember? I naively signed up for that race last fall thinking I'd be back running at full strength in January?
So, for the rest of November and so far in December, I've been running easy 3 milers about 4 times a week (12-13 mile totals). This week, I've been in Ft. Lauderdale on business. The hotel is 2 miles from the A1A -- so I did several 4 miles (to the beach and back!). They were slow and felt OK (or at least they didn't feel any worse). So maybe I'll step up my mileage to 4 milers next week.
So there you have it, sports fans. I'm in limbo. I can run -- but not much. No one seems to know why I've gotten my second pelvic area stress fracture in 3 years. Yep, I'm in limbo.
More to come...
When we last left off, the endocrinologist confirmed osteopenia. I then had another follow up with the ortho. Unlike my previous visit to him, he was a bit more cautious after the DEXA scan. No more sprint intervals. Discontinue the functional progression chart. We talked about pain levels and about what type of runs "hurt" the least. The easy 3 milers, said I. Then stick with those, said he.
Meanwhile, the endocrinologist gave me a referral to a metabolic bone disorder specialist at the University of Maryland. Next available appointment -- January 30 (criminy -- that many people see this type of specialist??) Anyhow, the ortho does not want me drastically increasing either mileage or pace until after I've met with the Maryland specialist. How am I supposed to train for Boston? Remember? I naively signed up for that race last fall thinking I'd be back running at full strength in January?
So, for the rest of November and so far in December, I've been running easy 3 milers about 4 times a week (12-13 mile totals). This week, I've been in Ft. Lauderdale on business. The hotel is 2 miles from the A1A -- so I did several 4 miles (to the beach and back!). They were slow and felt OK (or at least they didn't feel any worse). So maybe I'll step up my mileage to 4 milers next week.
So there you have it, sports fans. I'm in limbo. I can run -- but not much. No one seems to know why I've gotten my second pelvic area stress fracture in 3 years. Yep, I'm in limbo.
More to come...
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