Ssssoooooo after 2 months of exciting turmoil among four doctors, Dr. Adkins [my sports medicine doc, ironic name i know] says the MRI shows that my leg is NORMAL!!! ok, so usually, i hate the word "normal" however today it allowed me to breathe a gimongoussss sigh of relief

progression:  no fracture--> stress fracture [get on crutches immediately]--> possible fracture--> no fracture [GO HOME AND RUN]

so Adawg made up this slow, somewhat rigid 5-wk running program for me of alternate walking/running.  as i ran down red river, he observed the mechanics of my running style and came up with this:  your lower body is great, however your upper is asymmeticral and you have a gimp in your arm and head.  so basically i run like a hunchback.  thanks doc! 

sad news:  i can't run marathon in the spring =(.  but he told me that as we keep working together, i can eventually run it as long as i watch my diet/sleep/exercise (which i let him know all suck at this point)

lesson learned:  check out your pain less than 6 months after it happens [preferrably within the first week haha] ,  research the problem yourself, see multiple docs....and have hope!!  after all this misdiagnosis and such of PHYSICAL problems, i'm a bit horrified about future assessment issues i may have in the bootiful realm of psychology and social work, however, paradoxically,  it gives me more reassurance that we're fallible creatures that only have a limited scope of what the heck we're talkin about.  this is why i absolutely HEART health care teamssss.  one of my classmate's mottos is GO TEAM...yes, she encourages herself all the time with this multifaceted, dynamic phrase.  i know, i know....too cuuuute!!

after my depressing round of abuse tests, i declare it's time for a friggin break....when the break involves Mr. Bono  and my mommy  all in one ALL-STAR weekend, ME HAPPY!!

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