Biopsy, healing, MT100, and more healing

Wow, where have I been, right?! Healing!

Last Weds I had my bone biopsy. Two 5mm holes through the iliac (transiliac). I couldn't see the size of the skin cuts until yesterday (one week after surgery). They're very minor, but it's an ugly site with the mottled purple and yellow from bruising, and the swelling.

More problematic is the pain. Weds I could barely walk, Thursday to Friday was rapid improvements, some pain, and the major limiter being an inability to lift my leg up. I rode by bike to work Friday and was OK. But the quick changes were promising. I didn't run as I hoped at the MT100, just a 3 mile hike Sunday morning. By this time walking was still a little pained, I certainly hurt running, and movement was coming back. And countertops were becoming less of a problem!

In total I rested until Tuesday morning, when I tried my usual 4 mile LP route. It hurt to run, but not terribly so. But it hurt. Worse though, that that it hurt even more afterwards! The pain was now focal, not the side of my hip but just one spot. Tuesday afternoon it hurt to even walk.

Skipped the Weds run, skipped the Thursday run. And here now it's Thursday. Still hurting, and going to play the weekend once I get to it.

Vol'd at the MT100 where my friends BR and AR had awesome races! I was surprised at the number of runners I knew, and who knew me. Makes me want to get more involved somehow.
The races were inspiring to watch, but also a little killer. Here I'm waiting to sign up for OT100 but can't until a few things are worked out, and my hip is only one of them.

While watching the Hobbit movie (finally!) Weds after the surgery I got an email that the Big D is going to pretrial the Monday after OT100! OFF ALL DAYS! So my initial plan of driving myself on Friday, staying until Monday is out. Now I'm back to finding a ride on Friday. There are two others who need a ride, so this should work out with 3 of us looking.

So I'm not signed up, glad I didn't Tuesday (in my last post that was my next action!), and I'm just waiting....