I had a recheck today with my Orthopedist (whatchamacallit) today and she went over my official MRI results from last week. My official diagnosis is: Nondisplaced fracture at the superior proximal corner of the navicular bone.
Um, yeah. Ok. That’s pretty much Greek to me.
But I did find out that the navicular bone is the bone on the top of your foot and very prone to stress fractures.
And I can confirm that the top of my foot is where it hurts.
First off, in my appointment today I learned that I do not have to tighten the straps on my boot until all circulation is lost and my toes go numb. I don’t understand why the doctor laughed at me for this. I mean, they didn’t give me any official instruction, so how was I supposed to know?
And the best thing I learned at my appointment today is that I AM allowed to Keep Going® with my 3 Day training!
I can’t pick up and go 17 miles (which is the distance I should be going with only 7 weeks to train!), but at least I don’t have to sit on my butt anymore. My doctor said 1-3 miles should be okay as long as my foot does not hurt. I can go further if my foot is okay. I MUST wear my boot.
YAY for training!
I’m not sure how everything is going to play out, but I’m super excited to get back out there and Keep Going!
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Hey that’s great that you can keep going!
I don’t think the point of shoelaces is to cut off circulation,
Well, they aren’t shoelaces, but velcro straps. And I’ve never had a cast of any sort, so I thought it was supposed to be snug. I’m just a dork.
Yay for still walking!!! And just FYI in case you really want to know, nondisplaced means the bones aren’t shifted (they still line up on either side of the fracture), superior means on the top and proximal means closer to your body (as opposed to closer to your toes)
why, thank you for that! Really, I was wondering. I tried to google it, but I’m a terrible googler and couldn’t find what it all meant.
Well that is exciting that your doctor is allowing you to continue!
Well if they are not displaced they should heal faster and of course nondisplaced means no surgery or pins to get the break/fracture back in place.
Hopefully since it’s a nondisplaced fracture it is also not a through and through fracture, only partially broken through the bone, because that means
it would heal faster too.
That is awesome that you can still train…keep going!