Good Tidings of Great Joy....

Today was a day of fantastic news. First of all, I had a great swim practice. I learned a new drill today -- fist drill, feels a little akward at first. I also did one set of drills without my pull bouy--I actually kicked. It felt a bit strange to kick, it has been so long. I also added flip turns today--I am still only pushing off with my non-broken foot. I met with Dr. Stark and boy did he have good news for me. The x-rays today showed that the fracture is completely healed. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! He was very impressed at how rapidly it has healed. I have been walking without crutches now for a little over a week. As of today, I can begin weaning myself off of the walking cast (i.e. boot). When I am around the house I can take the boot off and walk as long as I have a shoe on. I am suppose to do stretches for my achilles 5 time per day and have daily foot massages to break up scar tissue--sure wish my favorite foot massage specialist didn't live so far away. I can start riding my bike more and I actually get to wear my cycling shoe on my left foot. It will be a while before I'm ready to go out on the road on my bike--I'll take what I can get and cycling indoors is better than no cycling. I can also add in some more weight bearing leg exercises in my strength training routine. I am excited about all I can do and dreaming of running like the wind in the near future. Hallelujah! Hallelujah!