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Went back to the doctor about my foot yesterday.   It's not healing as fast as she'd hoped, but there's enough progress toward healing that she thinks she will not need to put a pin in to hold the bone together.   That was the good news.   The bad news?   I have to wear the walking cast for at least 2 more weeks, and even if I can stop wearing it in 2 weeks, I cannot run for a while after that.   :-(

I've lost track.   Does anyone ever make it off this damn disabled list?  I was hoping that some of you would have graduated back to normal running lives by now.....    Hang in there everyone!!

Pink - well, crap.    I don't know if anyone really ever fully gets removed from the DL!

Nova - congrats on the progress!

As for me, ortho is now concerned that I've torn my labrum. (oh Mandy, where are you??)  He wants to continue with conservative treatment for now because I have seen some improvement (and because the MRI is supposedly incredibly painful itself), but if by November (November!!), I'm not at 100%, he's going to send me for the MRI with contrast.   Yippee joy.

As for me, ortho is now concerned that I've torn my labrum. (oh Mandy, where are you??)  He wants to continue with conservative treatment for now because I have seen some improvement (and because the MRI is supposedly incredibly painful itself), but if by November (November!!), I'm not at 100%, he's going to send me for the MRI with contrast.   Yippee joy.

Oh Oski!   That doesn't sound good at all!!   Sending you lots of positive, healing vibes so that by November you will have made so much progress that the painful MRI is unnecessary!!

Nova - Hooray for progress!!    Don't push it though and continue to take good care of yourself!

Well, you'll have a very specific type of clientele!!  Runners and BDSM folks!

I have a foam roller, Stick, and tennis balls.  And a family-size bag of frozen peas ...

Thanks Pink.    I hope you get some good news soon!

As for the labral tear... apparently I had one.  Or should I say "have one," since I don't think they heal on their own?  I only found out about it when my doctor mentioned it in passing a few months after it happened; it never actually hurt.  Though I suppose the agony of the broken hip that accompanied it probably overshadowed any pain I might have felt in that regard!

Yeah, sounds like surgery is the only real "fix" but many tears don't cause symptoms.  Nothing I have read on Dr. Google is even remotely positive - tough to diagnose, tough to treat, can cause arthritis down the road, etc. etc.

The doctor said to not go crazy running, but I'm wondering if I should stop and if I'm causing more damage.  I only do 10-12 miles/week at this point... but I don't need hip arthritis.   From what I read, my abnormal gait caused by me protecting the back can result in a labral tear - poor movement, repetitive movement, wearing down of the labrum...

Interestingly enough, my grandmother had life long problems with her right hip also - and she ended up breaking that hip after she refused a hip replacement (and that's ultimately what sent her down an ugly path of health problems).   I have a lot of similar traits physically with my grandmother, so I wonder if there's a genetic portion to how we move.

As an aside, I've been planning on getting a tattoo for her on that hip for a while.  I suppose I should wait and see if I need surgery first now, eh.