A Path to XCX World

There is a suspected minimal fracture in my toe. I’m feeling really down right now. I guess I will continue to cycle, but I was really looking forward to running again. I can’t believe it happened. 6 week setback, and I can say goodbye to my portable ac unit f m l. I’ll have to call the main doctor tomorrow and get it verified with my tiny hopes they are wrong, bc this urgent care was really disorganized and messy

No obvious fractures. X rays have been sent to a radiologist who is trained to find more covert injuries. They say to call back in the evening Friday if they don’t get back to me by then. Tbh I think with the more deceptive hairline fractures are usually repetitive stress injuries and not blunt force breaks, so I think I am most likely the clear. I probably just have a very bad bruise and I’ll wiggle it occasionally to test ROM, keep it limber, and get blood flow to encourage healing. I’m in the camp of thought that this is better than RICE bc it was what was given to me for my sprained ankle a few years back. RICE is good in the acute phase but tbh if it’s not super painful, just letting it become inflamed + dealing with it then do gentle exercises >>>>>>

Lmao I went on my first run in a long time bc I really need those brain chemicals and I might have broken my toe :)))))))))))))) in a total murphy’s law situation where three ppl and a dog all converged at the exact same time on a thin trail. I was trying to stop to the side preemptively and hit my foot on a rock. If it’s broken I’m actually done for, I really need my yoga strength training which involves a lot of foot balancing and planting my foot down. And running would have been really nice to add. I need this shit so bad right now my life is tree drivel and I’m constantly stressed and I’ve been crying every day bc I truly think it’s over for me