Well, I’ve really been struggling to walk on my left foot since I finished the marathon. It hurts to put any weight on it, and even hurts when I’m not putting any weight on it. All other aches and pains have pretty much gone away but my left foot has gotten worse, so I went into the podiatrist today. What I “Learnt” was that once you’ve run a marathon – "apparently" doctors think it’s alright to mock any complaints about pain. Like “you’ve run a marathon and now you’re going to complain about little aches and pains?” It seems that “bedside” manners no longer apply.
So I’m laying there with my foot up in the air …
[nurse prepares the needle for my foot]
Doctor: "So what type of running shoes do you wear?" he asks, making small talk, I'm sensing he's trying to distract me?
[Wham! nurse stabs needle into my foot before I can answer]
Dustin: "ou-ah-ee---oh!---youch-ooh-ah-SHEESH!"
Doctor: "I've never heard of that brand of running shoe before" he says with a smirk... bastard
I can now say I'd rather have a needle injected into my mouth, or ass, before I'd go back for an injection into my foot. That was terrible. So I took my sucker, grabbed a trinket out of the kiddy goody-basket and told them to buzz off.
1 comment:
I think the pain-after experience will be like having a baby....and as you all know I am pretty much an expert on running marathons or having babys........in a few months you will forget it and be ready to do it again.
but just the fact that you finished a run that long must put you in the top .0005 % of every living person on the planet!!
Way to go Dustin!!!
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