Catch up

One of my oldest friends, Demetra, was in town for a couple of days, and I was so happy to get to spend some time with her. I think the last time we saw each other was six or seven years ago, after I moved back to SD. She lives out of state, so that makes visits a little hard. We have one of those friendships where we could not see each other for years, and then see each other and it'd be like it was just yesterday when we last saw each other.

She was one of the first people I opened up to about my thyroid cancer last year. Since she is a doctor, I try not to bother her with medical issues, but this one I really needed expert advice on, not just as a doctor, but as my friend. I had so many questions for her: Did she have any patients with thyroid cancer? What about HCC? Is the prognosis really that good? Can I trust my ENDO? How will I get through this? It was a lot to cover, but I just threw it all at her. I felt bad doing that to her, but I just needed a different point of view, which is a little hard to get from an ENDO that had only seen me once before or my family that was trying to figure out what to do with my dad's medical condition and now my cancer. I am very lucky to have a good friend like her.

We talked about people from high school and college, she gave me updates from our 20-year high school reunion a few years back (because no, I don't go to those), and we filled in the gaps with whatever else is going on in our lives. It was a good time. She'll be back in June for the Rock n' Roll marathon, so if I'm not radioactive from my 1-yr WBS when she's in town, then hopefully we'll get to do less catching up and more hanging out with her.

After run club this evening we talked a little about the new Nike SportWatch that is supposed to drop on April 1st. Like many others, I have been salivating over this watch since it was announced at CES 2011 the first week of this year. But before I get that watch, I needed to get new running shoes, so I stopped by RoadRunner Sports, to actually get my gait evaluated. I ended up not only getting a new pair of customized insoles, I also bought a new pair of running shoes! Like last year, I was surprised to see that I actually do  have an arch. My left ankle rolls in a little, so I'm out of the stability shoe and into a neutral shoe. So instead of getting the Nike Zoom Structure Triax+ 14, I ended up with the Nike Zoom Vomero+ 5's. The Vomero 6's just came out, at least on the RRS website, so I may have to go back and exchange the 5's for the 6's, but we'll see how these feel. And, if all goes well, I just may be running with the new Nike SportWatch  in 2 1/2 weeks!