I have a condition called Plantar Fasciitis. It is usually caused by overexertion or running too much in bad shoes, which I was certainly doing, being too lazy or too cheap to buy new shoes as you should buy a new pair every 4-6 months when you are doing the amount of running I was doing (20+ miles a week), and each pair of shoes costing anywhere between $50 to $85.

The treatment varies for this condition. The most common cure is just rest, which I did, with vigor, for more than 3 months. But alas, rest was not enough for my poor foot. I would still wake up every morning with extreme pain in my right heel, barley being able to walk (a common symptom of Plantar Fasciitis).

My next step was to see a podiatrist. Let me tell you what this evil bastard did. He gave me a shot of cortisone in my bottom of my FOOT! I have never experienced pain like this before in my life. I can’t imagine a needle in the eyeball would be much more painful than that experience. Anyway, after two of these shots, the pain seems to be a bit better. I don’t wake up with cramping pain in my foot anymore and I’m able to walk a relatively long distance without limping.

I plan on getting an new pair of running shoes with my tax return and start my path to full recovery. While I don’t expect to be running 6-8 mile stretches anytime soon, I may be able to handle 2-4 miles. Then I can get rid of this disagreeable flab that hangs around my belly (I affectionately call it table muscle).