The Runner Within

Well, my recovery has had some bumps in the road, but hopefully nothing that will keep me from getting back to training on schedule. It turns out I had a hematoma on one side after the surgery. It began oozing thick, black-brown blood and clots yesterday. It was good, though, despite the freakiness of it, because that means that the hematoma is liquifying and draining out on its own. Today, the blood was lighter, but still brown and sometimes clotty. So, that means hopefully, that the worst is over with, and the healing will speed up. There was definitely less pain today than yesterday. The pain hasn’t been too bad, but in the mornings, I was really feeling it. Also, it has reduced the swelling a bit, which I was looking forward to. I’m expecting the spectacular bruising that was left behind to take weeks to go away… hopefully I won’t look like I have a lump of zombie flesh on me for too much longer. For anyone with a weak stomach, I appologize, but if I can’t have humor about it, then what’s the point? Both my parents are physicians, so I’m not exactly squeamish about this kind of thing, although, I would have been significantly more freaked out if I couldn’t get advice from them about it. So, I just have to wait and see what happens with it. My surgeon said (last Weds) that I could resume running in a week or two. I’m aiming to be back out there by the end of May at the latest.