Stress Fracture Diaries, part 2: 1 step forward, 2 steps back

Remember how a while ago I posted about the stress fracture in my foot, and how excited I was that I’d finally been given the go ahead to do low impact cross training?  Well...after a few short sessions on the elliptical, I started having pain in my foot again, and after consulting with my doctor, was put back onto walking only until I have another couple of pain free weeks.  After throwing what could only be described as a tantrum (it’s a good thing I live alone) I’ve more or less accepted being out of commission for at least a couple more weeks.  That doesn’t mean I don’t feel an irrational surge of anger every time I see someone running, but I’m at least able to talk about running without snapping at people.  Mostly.  I did go for a 30 minute walk on a trail this morning without any pain, so I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to start running again sooner rather than later.  Of course, that’s what I was saying two weeks ago, so it’s hard to be optimistic.  All this yoga is getting me back to the flexibility level I had back in my cheerleading days, though, so there is that!  Also, I've learned a whole lot of interesting facts as I've spent a lot of time doing research and looking for something, anything, that can be done for a stress fracture other than resting and waiting for it to heal (spoiler alert: there isn't).  But, did you know that there's evidence that some types of dinosaurs got stress fractures?