Is what you would hear if you held a geiger counter near me today, goodness knows what might happen, I have been shot full of radioactive tracers and bombarded with gamma rays.
I arrived at Mercy Radiology this morning and checked in, then was directed to Nuclear Medicine 
and with great trepidation entered a room with that alarming nuclear warning sign on the door.
I was shot full of Radioactive Tracers, had the initial scan and was sent on my way.
3 hours later I was back for the second scan, 3 images from different angles and a nice little cat nap 
I tried desperately not to look at the image forming on the screen and probably should have told the Radiologist to turn it away. Anyway, obviously I am not qualified to read these things, but I didn’t like what I saw 
having done some research on the net.
Well, no panicking until I have seen the doc again sometime in the next couple of days.
I have decided that instead of an Elliptical I will hire a spin bike if I have to be off for more than 2 weeks. I used to do heaps of Spin before I started running and next to running it is the best thing to get your heart rate up, it will also take up less room. Then there is still the pool running. I had a good workout with Jo in the pool today, it is amazing how the 45 minutes passed so much more quickly with someone to talk to.
Now here’s the thing. I guess I assumed that if you had shin splints or worse still a stress fracture that you would feel the pain in your shins, but before I stopped running I had no pain in my shins. The pain I was feeling was in my calves, I sincerely thought I had a soft tissue problem. If the pain was in my shins I would have stopped a week earlier, also since I got onto the Voltaren there has been no pain at all, it went away over night.
I think I am slipping back to the Depression/Anger phase again today. Next to actually losing a leg getting a SF was just about my worst nightmare. I am pissed off at my body which for the last 33 years has been strong as an Ox, and now has decided to fail me. I am pissed off after all the work I did to get back after the PF that I am back at square one again right at the start of the winter season. So much for all the caution and careful planning, that seems to have gotten me no where other than injured.
How the hell did this happen to me?
Sorry, this post went down hill real fast.
I am going to blog off and wallow in self pity for a couple of days 
Em, don’t assume the worst, doing your own medical research in the net is not all that reliable you know! Hope your internet research was crap and the result is not what you thought.
Comment by ajh — May 15, 2007 @ 9:31 pm
ta for the run tonight Em…it was soooooo much better with you!
we can be mopey cats together for the next few weeks… i def reckon the spin bike is the way to go..Eat the rocky,have a wallow cos its good for you sometimes, and start afresh tomorrow!
Comment by runjanerun — May 15, 2007 @ 9:37 pm
Em I’m sorry I haven’t posted here for a while.
Can’t believe you’re injured again. That really sucks. Hope it improves really quickly. I know how much you were looking forward to the winter season.
Are you allowed to ride still? If so, maybe I can catch up with you and do a nice long ride along Warby Trail?
Take care
Comment by Jaykay — May 15, 2007 @ 9:44 pm
I hope that the Doc totally blows your worst fears out of the water and it turns out to be Google-induced paranoia. I’ve got all my fingers and toes crossed for you *hugs*
Comment by Sekhmet — May 15, 2007 @ 9:51 pm
Hey Em, my first visit in a week or so, but I did get to chat with you on Sunday. As I said on Sunday, chin up and work within the guidelines and your return can be great. I cast my mind back 3 or 4 years, I smashed up my legs with stressies and had 7 weeks of NO running, I decided I would work hard, I swam, I did a lot of deep water running, I did a little bit of bike riding, I visited the gym and I did a lot of work on the Elliptical trainer. During that time I did what you mentioned, NO booze and NO junk food what so ever! I lost 4kg and within 2 weeks of running I broke 5 min in a 1500m for the first time!
So in a ‘long winded’ way, sometimes the break is not all bad! Can I suggest that you asked Dan H about when he tore his PF at the Vic T&F Champs (Feb/Mar) and then finished in the top 10 at R4K (Apr). He wrote an article about his deep water running, he worked so hard he came out blitzing! Make sure you take the time to read it and to chat with Dan, I couldn’t recommend it more!
Stu
Comment by Stu Mac — May 15, 2007 @ 11:20 pm
Chin up Em, deep breath and wait for the proper diagnosis – but i know for you, whatever they say at the moment it still completely sucks cos you aren’t running- very frustrating!!
Comment by joey — May 16, 2007 @ 12:37 am
You’re not at square one Em, you’re at about square three. The 50yo lady in our group had a stress fracture early in the winter of ‘05 and came back to represent the ACT at national CC in Adelaide and ran very well. You can do the same, or better.
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