Medical Updates (plural)

It's been a tough week. :(

On Monday I gave blood.  I gave a double-red donation knowing full well that I wouldn't be able to do any exercise for a couple of days afterward.  But that was OK since I had made an appointment for my third treatment of my plantar wart for Tuesday.  I knew this was going to sideline me a few days as well, so why not put them back-to-back.

Well, today was going to be my first day running again.  I got home and tried to take off my work socks carefully so as not to disturb the bandage on my wart.  But it started to pull away with the socks, so I pulled it off completely. 

OUCH!!!

Unfortunately the Target brand bandage is made with super glue (apparently).  A small bit of my skin was really stuck to the bandage and as I pulled the bandage off a BIG chunk of skin came with it.  The torn flap of skin got wider and deeper the more it was pulled until finally I realized what was going on and stopped pulling.  But it was too late... I'd pulled enough so that I now have a bleeding 'gash' (for lack of a better word) on the bottom of my foot a few inches away from the wart.  I'll spare my reading audience any photos of the wound.  Suffice to say, it ain't pretty.

So now I'll be sidelined a few more days while this heals.

The marathon is still a long way off and I have more than enough time to recover from this set-back.  But it worries me that stuff like this can happen at any time!  What if it happens the week of the race?!?!

I think I'll lock myself in a padded cell the week before the race and keep all sharp objects away from me.