Catching Up

I apologize for the gap in posting.  I finished my half marathon almost a month ago and haven't done a whole lot of running since.  No, I am not being a slacker.  I've been recuperating from surgeries. 

Crossing the finish line

Back in July I started to have wrist pain.  When I went to the doctor a couple weeks later, he said it was probably a cyst and sometimes they go away on their own.  So I waited for a few months hoping it would get better.  It didn't.  It just got bigger.  Finally, the week after my race, I went in for surgery and had it removed.  While it is still sore 3&1/2 weeks later, it sure feels a lot better than it did.

After the race

Along with the wrist pain, I also found a lump in my breast.  I had an ultrasound and a mammogram (which are not fun, for those of you who have yet to experience that delight) and they told me it was probably a fibroadenoma.  Fibroadenomas are almost always benign, but it has been the "almost" part that gives me the heebee-geebee's.  After a few weeks of me worrying about a biopsy and not really wanting to be poked in such a sensitive area, the doctor's office called me and I broke down and scheduled it.  The biopsy was this week.  I won't find out the results until tomorrow. 

Surgery takes a lot out of me!  I got super super sick after the wrist surgery, and have had less energy and desire to do anything than usual.  But, I am finally starting to feel like myself again!  Yay!  I even started sewing again today; something that I haven't done in about 5 or 6 months. 

Posing after the color run

A few weeks ago, I did get up the courage to do a short 5k.  Mom and I walked the "Color Run" in Boise and had a blast!  I love hanging out with my mom. :)

(And yes, I realize that the pictures don't match, but I forgot to get them posted before!)