If you have been around a while, then you might remember back in February when I had to be non-weight-bearing for a few weeks. That was what I was told to do after an orthopedist scheduled an MRI to rule out a stress fracture in my heel. My foot had begun to hurt in October 2024. At the time, I was running and exercising regularly, so I stopped running because I thought I had plantar fasciitis. After a few months with no improvement, I went to see my GP. This led to seeing a podiatrist, an orthopedist, a physical therapist, and then a different orthopedist. After the last appointment, I was incredibly frustrated because I felt like no one was getting to the bottom of what was causing my foot pain, and none of their treatments seemed to help.
Mid-summer my mom and my counselor both encouraged me to go to the doctor again. Initially, my plan had been to go back to my GP and see if he would order some other diagnostic tests. But then, our 14-year-old got a really nasty toenail infection, …
