Injuries are no fun, but visitors are!

Well, it's been a while since my last post and unfortunately I am not back up and playing like I had anticipated since my plantar fascia injury to my left foot. The pain in that foot took a while to subside and after 2 injections I started practicing 6 weeks later. I played a couple minutes in a 2 games before I was ready to play full speed in our next game. Not 8 minutes in I felt the same pop in my foot. This time the diagnosis was worse. I suffered a tear to the tendon. I have been seeing the doctor regularly for more PRP injections and keeping off of it the best I could. Basically these injections help regenerate the tendon. It isn't really clear when I will be playing again. It will depend on how I'm feeling and what the doctor sees in an MRI I will get after the injections are completed.

Some friends came all the way to visit me in Istanbul and it definitely took my mind off being unhealthy. Alex Andersen and Heidi Thorson, two good friends from Wyoming came to visit, followed by Christy Titchenal and Red Daly from Stanford. Their visits actually overlapped by a couple nights so it was quite the crowd here in my apartment. But we had a fantastic time with many many memories we will share forever. Living overseas has been a wonderful experience but the downside is being so far from family and friends, so when they come to see me it really is an extra special treat. My parents came to visit a month before as well. Although I wasn't able to play and had a harder time hobbling around it was great to have them here as always.

My team has been trucking right along without me. We lost our first game in Turkish league unfortunately in the Turkish cup final, but we are more focused now and ready to claim the more important Turkish league championship. We have 3 more regular season games before we start the playoffs. It's much different to watch your team than to be playing but I'm hopeful that I will make a full recovery from this injury.