Do you like my new footwear? Fashion forward, right?

Well, I first injured my foot in the middle of March. I was playing soccer with our team and Richard accidentally stepped really hard on the top of my foot. Although it hurt a lot, I thought is was just a bad bruise and that would would heal in about a week. I limped around for a few days but when it was time to play soccer or go for a run, I went for it. The problem with that was revealed after about 30 minutes of running on my foot. It would start to hurt so badly, just as though I had re-injured it. I went to my primary doctor for an X-Ray, but when the doctor said that none of my bones were broken, I went on my way with instructions to keep resting it. So , I would ice it again and try to stay off of it , until the next game that is. This pattern of some rest and then limping with pain continued until last week when I decided I was really injured and needed to see a specialist. The podiatrist examined my foot and confirmed that no bones were broken with a second round of X-Rays. He then explained that it could very well be that the tendons in the middle of my foot, where the toes attach to the foot bone, were torn or stretched. Somewhere between the metatarsals and the cuneiform bones.

I am now in this lovely soft cast that I must wear for at least 4 weeks and an MRI is pending.

The worst part of it all is not that I wobble all over campus or that I feel less than attractive, no, it is that I can't play soccer!