So I gave in and went to the doctor today. I mean, the overwhemingly excruciating pain when I run a long way finally got to me. Everything went pretty much as expected. .."So Brooke, what brings you here today"
"Well Doctor, my bone hurts when I run more than 5 miles at a time. I'm running a marathon next week and I want to make sure that I don't cause any serious damage by running on it."
"Does it hurt right now?"
"Well, no."
Doctor pokes and prodes affected foot a little.
"Does this hurt?"
"No, it really only hurts when I run a lot on it."
"Let me see you walk."
I walk around the small examination room completely normally.
Doctor looks thoughtfully at my foot.
"Well, I think you should get that x-rayed."
"Oh, ok great, so do you think it is a stress fracture or something more serious or nothing at all?"
"The x-ray will tell us if there is a stress fracture in which case I would recommend you don't run."
"Hmm, ok, well I thought that stress fractures often did not show up on x-rays"
"If it doesn't show up, then it shouldn't be too serious, but if it hurts, you shouldn't run."
"Oh, ok, well, thanks, you've been a wealth of information Doctor."
"I'll call you on Tuesday with the results of the X-ray."
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