Ice, ice baby ...

I'm fortunate to have good medical care, thanks in large part to Christian community.  I'm also dismayed when I learn of others who are not so fortunate.

Recently, I had my annual physical and while sharing with Dr. Bruce about my plantar fasciitis he told me about Vitalsigns, a medically based wellness group that he and some other doctors had formed. He strongly believed that a little work with Kaleb would do wonders for me.

I visited with Kaleb earlier this week and he walked me through some excercises. I've been doing them in the morning for the past two days and right now I'm icing down my left foot -- the one that's mangled from a Navy injury and is suffering the worst with PF -- after doing the stretches.

It's early in the game, but Kaleb may have gotten me on the right track. At least I've been able to walk without extreme pain when I get out of bed.

In that first consultation with Kaleb, he noted at the very beginning that I should probably do some low-impact exercises other than walking. (This after my sharing with him how I have two bad feet, the mangled one I spoke of above and a screw in my right ankle that's been there since 1971, I think.)

I looked at him like a sad hound dog.

"I'm gonna tell you right now, if you tell me I have to give up hiking, you're going to break my heart."

"No, no," he said. "We want to get you back to hiking."

Words of encouragement that did me well.

I'm motivated.