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Podiatrist day: #FreeAshley results!

I know you are all anxiously waiting to see if I am free from the walking boot living.

Daisy-Calico Cat in Window

ha-ha!

Ok. So to not make a short story long, I am free from the Podiatrist! Kind of.

I am on a plan to wean out of the boot, and will be really relying on my husband to scold me when I try to prance about boot free longer than I should.

So the plan is to one hour a day free myself from the boot into my fancy ankle brace I wore for 4 months Winking smile . Then once I have successfully worked my way up to a day in a brace, I will be working on weaning my way down to just inserts in my shoes.

Possibly by next summer I could be back in flip flops, that’s my perception of this anyways.

I am just thankful I am not looking at surgery. Comparing pictures of the tendon, it looks CRAZY different. I am so thankful for this, I was starting to feel like this would never see the bright light of ending. I was so excited when my dad called me today to see how it went, to gush about the process of getting back to normal.

I am going to admit, I have never been very compliant with doctors orders in most circumstances. I take my thyroid meds, only because I feel like crap if I do not. I did rehabilitation for my hip, only because I was scared!

I was terribly non-compliant as you all know with treatment for my PF and this issue. I knew 2 half marathons were a bad idea, but I couldn’t imagine giving up TWO trips to Disney. Especially since it was just me? Budget friendly!

I was non-compliant with braces as well. Everything turned around for me with braces when I decided I was ready for them to come off, aka all my friends braces were coming off. I never wore my retainers either, crap. I really see a trend here! I became compliant with this ankle business when surgery came onto the table. Not that I was not listening and working hard after my half marathons, it just was a doozy on that tendon doing two 13.1’s four weeks apart.

I am so happy to get back to working out. I am going to just swim this week, and limit my walking. My way of not needing the boot as much Winking smile

 

Thank you so much for all your kind words of encouragement, I would not have made it through this injury without you all!

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: injury, losing weight, marathon injury, motivation

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  1. Jenereesa @ ScootaDoot says

    July 2, 2014 at 3:11 pm

    So glad to hear that there’s progress, Ashley! 🙂

    Reply
    • Ashley says

      July 2, 2014 at 4:12 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Des @ Finding the Skinny Geek Within says

    July 4, 2014 at 7:59 am

    Progress is progress and good idea on the swimming! Here’s to eventually being boot free!

    Reply
    • Ashley says

      July 4, 2014 at 11:25 am

      Thanks 🙂

      Reply

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