I started jogging again...

Hi all,

It has been quite a while since I last wrote down anything on this blog. To be exact more than one year. Of course there are lots of things happened during the last one year but somehow it doesn't ticked to write down anything then....

Now I am in the writing mood again....hihihi...don't know how long it will last though....

Well, I started jogging again today....bought myself a new running shoes....Brooks ....the young man at the Al-Ikhsan store told me that this is a good running shoes. Actually I have never heard about this brand before.... I am used to Reebok, Adidas and Nike but not.....Brooks. To my surprise it is very comfortable. Well, the shape is a bit odd but it feels very comfortable.

I stopped jogging for almost 6 months. The reason was due to my right foot was aching every morning when I took my first step. I thought the pain will go away after a few weeks, but it did not. I tried homeopathy medicine but it didn't work as well. So I stopped jogging for a bit longer.

The side effect of stopping jogging is my waist line start to increase and I started to feel lethargic. The system is not functioning well...I have to do something URGENT!!!

I picked up the courage to go see a real doctor. [I am really afraid of real doctors - twice I went to see them for simple problems but end up in the operating theatre, I will write later when I feel like it hehehe] She told me I had Plantar Fasciitis. Well, actually is is the most common condition that causes heel pain. Plantar fasciitis is due to irritation and inflammation of the right tissue that forms the arch of the foot. Common symptoms of plantar fasciitis include heel pain with prolonged walking and standing.

The panel doctor that I went to refer me to the foot and ankle specialist at the Pantai Hospital, Dr Khairul Faizi. Dr Khairul explained that this is quite a common problem and his solution is to inject steroid at the inflamed area. I asked him how he intends to inject the medication since I am scared of long needle. I thought he will use some anesthetic before injecting the steroid but he told me it is going to be painful anyway even if he injects the anesthetic first, then might as well inject both in one go....damn!!! it was painful. Tapi kena control macho ler....

But the medicine really worked. I can run again now and I am taking it slowly. After stopping for almost 6 months, I better go slow and build up and peak before Ramadhan.

I planned to do executive screening test (full medical checkup) at IJN sometime in May this year. The last time I did that was in 2011 and everything was okay then. I hope I will get the all okay again this time....so until then, I will do the regular exercise....piously.

Bye for now....