21 weeks: time to panic call my favorite pharm hand

Yesterday was a good day. We changed the team training walk to Sundat so we could do some fundraising and managed to raise about $420 from the generous patrons at the AC Moore in Downingtown, PA (the whole team is very grateful to Brian, the store's manager, for all his support).


Today, however, kinda sucked (well, at least I think so). We all met to walk the path at Sandy Hollow. I was a half hour late because Tenacious-D was picking fights with Kid Dynamite so getting out of the house was a bear this morning. By the time I got there Chan, Mel, Jen (w/Baby Roo) and Denise were completing their first mile. I didn't even make it half-way around before my anterior "shin splints" came raging back like Jason in one of the Friday the 13th movies. I lagged so far behind that I started doing additional strecthes while I waited for the crew to finish their third lap. I made it around a second time, still lagging very far behind, and then had to be coaxed into a third lap. As bad as they were, I do have to admit that the pain was not as excrutiating today as it was 2 weeks ago when I started having problems. I guess I just thought that things would be much better since I had taken some time off from walking and had been doing some stretching to prevent this. Needless to say, I'm a bit demoralized. Luckily, I refuse to view this as a lesson in futility. I just ordered some orthotic inserts to address my "over pronation" problem and a pair of cold compression sleeves. I also think it's time to call Kelly, my favorite pharm hand, to see if I can get her to help me with some training or at least Yoga to help loosen and stretch the muscles better.

Tags: breast cancer; Breast Cancer 3 day; shin splints