[greta]

Rats. Just got back from the orthopedist - he only sees feet and ankles. Turns out that the ligament I tore is a good part of the reason why my ankles are shot. I had originally thought it was on the top of my foot, but it turns out that it's on the lateral side. I now have to try to wrangle my insurance into 6 weeks of 3x/wk at a special foot and ankle PT with a lot of strength training involved. If I'm not more stable in 6 weeks, we have to start looking at surgery. That's just fabulous. If I need surgery, that means 6 weeks of inactivity just before we move to Italy. Ack. Keeping my fingers crossed that I can strengthen it enough.

I feel really stupid now for not seeing a doctor long before this. I'm such a knucklehead.