Tetanus?

Hey guys! Hope you're all having a great weekend. I completely forgot to wish Running Jayhawk good luck on her Hustle up the (Hancock) Tower this weekend. Good luck!

On Thurs night I did 40 minutes of very light yoga, making sure that nothing hurt my foot. It felt great to do SOMETHING, and I think some of the stretching helped. So yesterday I went to the doctor. Every day my foot has felt quite a bit better than the day before, but considering I a)pay out the wazoo for health insurance every month and haven't been to the doc since October 2003 and b)hey! it gets me out of work for a couple of hours I decided to make an appointment and go. I checked in at the doctor's office, was complimented on my hair and then waited to see the doc while they brought in tons and tons of Chic-fil-a. Man, I was hungry! (My appt was at 10.45). I waited and waited and then got to go back. The nurse had to use the child size blood pressure band on my arm because the other two were waaay too big. (Note to self, LIFT MORE WEIGHTS!) I told her what had happened and then waited some more for the doc. He came in, we talked about the foot and then he had me move it several directions. He doesn't really think it's a stress fracture and is leaning towards tendonitis. He tried to get me in with a podiatrist that day, but couldn't. So he suggested doing some X-rays just to make sure it's not a stress fracture and told me to keep icing and resting. Then he sprang it on me - the standard list of questions used to update your file.

"So when was your last tetanus shot?"

"Ummm...let's see. I haven't had one since I got married, so there's 7 years. Maybe I had to have one before I left for college? So....nearly 11 years?"

"Would you be opposed to having one today?"

"Errr. I really wouldn't be excited about it, but if you think I need one."

So I got a tetanus shot. I think they must have had some expiring vaccines because the nurse who gave it to me said I was her 15th tetanus shot that day. Uh huh.

From the doc office I had to go over to the hospital next door (the same one we run around all the time) to have my X-rays done. I actually had to be admitted, and ended up with a little hospital bracelet. How exciting! I text messaged Brent that I was still at the doc (we had lunch plans) and he texted me back to take lots of pics for the blog. HA! I did get one outside photo of a limo and a Hummer (they know how to roll to the hospital in style) and one shot of all the smokers right outside the hospital. I was amazed at the sheer quantity of people smoking right outside the doctor's office and the hospital. Seriously people, get a clue! That is so incredibly disgusting. After I was admitted I was dropped off at the radiology section and a young girl took me back to the massive X-ray machine I had to climb on top of. She asked me how it happened and I could tell she wasn't a runner - AT ALL. She gave me very strange looks when I explained to her how it started hurting, and that I hadn't tripped, fallen, or had some sort of accident. "Overuse injury" seemed like a very foreign concept to her! She took several different pics of my foot and when I asked if the X-rays would be emailable so I could post them on my blog she gave me yet another strange look. (Sorry, no pics will be available of that!!)

It only took a minute or two and off I went to meet Brent for lunch. We had Mexican and were very amused to see a coworker at a neighboring table. He doesn't work in our division, but he was wearing our overall parent company ID badge. And he was enjoying a beer. At lunch. SO funny! He was having quite the meal, he finished it off with dessert. Maybe he was having a bad day!

Friday night we stopped at Best Buy to buy TurboTax and do some light shopping. Dinner was an ordeal. We stopped at a couple of restaurants that were just waaay to crowded for our taste and then decided to head to a local Laos restaurant that is much more cozy. We walked in right at 8 and the high school waitress asked "Are you here to eat?" "Uh, yeah." "I'm sorry, we close at 8 but we can do a to go order." "No thanks." Who closes at 8 on a Friday?? It was very frustrating. Every other ridiculous chain restaurant was packed so we headed home and grilled out some turkey burgers. They were great and we probably saved a ton of calories and about $30.

Can I just say how much I hate the stupid tetanus shot? By yesterday evening my arm was ACHING! Stupid stupid shot. Brent keeps making fun of me for being suckered into it. Me and wandering around in places where I might step on a rusty nail JUST DON'T HAPPEN! I stepped on a tomato stake in elementary school and ended up having to have portions of the splintered wood (surgically) removed from my foot, so I never go barefoot outside. Today my arm hurts worse than my foot! I like to sleep on my left side, so several times in my sleep last night I would start to roll that directions and would instantly wake myself up. Stupid stupid shot! I can hardly reach up to grab a glass from the cabinet today. grrrr!

Well, this post is probably longer than it needs to be already. In my next post I'll talk about being a spectator at this morning's 4 mile Fleet Feet Fun Run & our RBF meet-up with Steve (aka Christian Runner). It was very strange being on the other end of the race course. On our way over we were talking about how all of our RBF meet-ups have been in other places and how much fun it would be to meet someone locally. Ask and you shall receive! Brent is working on his race write-up so it will probably be up by the time I post this, so you can read Steve and Brent's accounts (as runners!) before I get my post up.

Have a great weekend!

Rachel

Exercise log -
Thurs - 40 minutes yoga (focus: thighs/abs)
Fri-rest