well this pic pretty much sums it up. In March I woke up one day and my leg didn't feel quite right, but having been very careful with my running I convinced myself that there was no way it could be a stress fracture- probably just the tendinitis acting up again right? A few days later the pain was unbearable so I decided to take some time off- I even went to the sports doc and got a bone scan- unfortunately it took about a month to get the results, but I decided after two weeks I would start running again. BAD IDEA. (will I ever learn?) When I eventually got the results they concluded that I "probably" had a stress fracture- couldn't be certain because of the two previous stress fractures in the same spot... :( not knowing what to do I decided to call Waterloo Sports Med, where I had had a bone scan done last October under the suspicion of a stress fracture- there was no stress fracture that time, in fact, there was absolutely no increased bone activity on the bone scan. damn. That means that what is on the current bone scan really is a stress fracture. After some angry ranting and a few tears I accepted that running was not happening any time soon and will do what I can in the meantime- my season isn't looking too fantastic at the moment but will take each race as it comes. Some hard swim/bikes will probably do me some good anyways
