6 days and it seems like it was yesterday..cause everything still hurts!

Well actually it's getting better all the time. sorta of. well, maybe?
For one thing i can walk on the bottoms of my feet again. the blisters have, well, quit hurting quite as much. and i don't feel much like throwing up whenever i look at my toes anymore, so that's a good thing. But a few things that have always hurt, and hurt a lot during last weekend's ironman triathlon, well, still hurt.
Yeah, some things have been a problem for a while, like a right knee that just won't listen, and a left shin that's never been right, a right shoulder that never doesn't hurt, and well, i think that's it.
the knee? it's been a problem forever, and finally, one of the benefits of doing the ironman was that, well, now i'm pretty sure i should get this thing, and a few others looked at. well, eventually.
The knee, honestly, i seriously thought, the 180k bike ride would have fixed it right up. sure i was having problems just sitting still without being in incredible pain, and groaning every time i rolled over in bed, but it wasn't that bad, all the time. well, okay it was, but i suffered quietly.
the night before, at dinner, i kept having to stretch it out, cause, well, bending it was an issue, but that's part of the training right, no pain no gain?
i get this feeling like my left shin is some day going to split in half. which would be cool, a flexible shin?...but nah that's not right, and my right shoulder has never felt good. in fact, i can't remember the last time it didn't hurt, but it gives me something to focus on it whenever i swim, and my right elbow, it's supposed to hurt (biker's elbow?).
anyway, the recovery has begun. i swear, i'm going to stretch every day, well almost every day, well every other day, when i can. went for my first massage in years yesterday, and guess what, found even more things that hurt!...wow!...
i did feel a bit better afterwards, but nothings going to help this knee. i've actually booked an appointment with my MD this wednesday, and who knows maybe a physio can help, and i guess i could attempt active release or something, and i've been hearing yoga at the kinsmen calling my name already, so will give that a try, but eek, how do i do this,
do i fix one thing at a time, go in to see my doctor with a list?....or do i just give up and take up golf?
i've sort of decided that, and i decided this during my 26.2 mile walk at IMC, that i should just take some time off of focusing on triathlons or runs, and just spend months getting myself repaired. but i guess i've become a little insane thinking i can train through this stuff while i'm being repaired. but how do i walk away from this stuff. running, swimming, biking, mtn biking, and winter's coming so add xc skiing and skating to that list, do i just not?..oh well, i guess for the next little while watch this space, i may become an invalid. onward and upward

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