yay!

[transpao]

Yesterday I hiked 8.5 miles. It's the longest distance I've done so far! it went pretty well. The only downside is that my right knee and left ankle are giving me a lot of trouble even with a brace on. The ankle is a new pain. I think I might have slightly twisted it or something. It didn't bother me that much during the hike it was afterwards when we were unloading our stuff out of the carpool car, I took a step forward and felt a sort of sliding movment inside the ankle and then intense pain and it's bothered me since. The knee pain I've been having for the last 3 or 4 hikes after a couple of miles. It goes away during the week and then comes back into the next hike. I dunno what to do about it.

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[catherineschild.livejournal.com]

rest and go see a doctor?

[paosparti.livejournal.com]

yeah. I'm thinking of skipping the up coming hiking trips... as sad as it makes me. I'm thinking maybe if I give it a break for a few weeks it might heal up.

I do need to see my podiatrist. I think it has do do with the way that foot healed after my foot surgery in 2000, but I'm not really sure if anything can be done about it, and I've got no insurance and I'm short on the cash for now.

I've told my dad about it, but mostly he's all "warm moist heat!" I love how he hands his patients pain killers and somas but I could have pieces hanging off me and he'd tell me to take a Tylenol. *shrug*