My New Ankle's 1st Vacation

Well my new ankle and I went on our first of many trips coming up this summer. We took a vacation to Philly to visit the amazing Miss Ellen and wonderful Miss Kim. And - I made it!! And it wasn't too bad. My ankle survived at least 3 hours of driving each way - by the end of the trip it wasn't thrilled, but it was really ok. And on Saturday I even walked the couple of blocks (in REALLY hot heat!) from Reading Terminal Market to Love Park. I wore my tennis shoes to be prepared, but it really wasn't too bad! Probably not my usual pace though. In typically fashion my ankle got more tired as the day went on, and by Saturday night it had had enough - preferring to take a taxi instead of SEPTA due to the extra walking required. I iced it, elevated, and put pain patches on for the night, and it was better the next day.

Unfortunately I do still have this pain that goes through it fairly often. Like today I was sitting at my desk, just typing, not doing anything to my foot, when a sharp, almost unbearable pain started going through my heel and ankle. What's that about?? Wish I knew. I do think I need to get back to doing my stretching again, and I really need to start doing exercises for it.

And the rest of me has to get used to doing things again too - it's sad how easily I get tired after so many months of not being able to do anything! I'm hoping to swim more now that the pool is open and I can walk across the street instead of having to drive to an indoor pool. We'll see how that goes...

Aww - Philly put up this sign to welcome me! (and my new ankle!)