The mental over the physical

I forgot my running jacket, it was cold and rain looked like I would start at any moment, but I sucked it up and ran-commuted 5km home anyway. The peg-leg was there from the get-go but after a few kilometers it eased off and I was able to maintain about an 8:45/per km pace. As usual, shortening my stride and taking frequent walk breaks helped a lot. My quadricep on my bad leg keeps seizing and releasing without effort from me, which is kind of strange. I'm not sure if the quad is trying to cope with any mechanical issues in the knee, or if its overstressed or what. So far though it isn't causing any pain. Yay, more weird stuff in my leg ;-P
So, I'm now down a whole 20 days into my 468 day MRI wait. I read the other day it could be as low (ha!) as 200 days so hey, maybe, just maybe I'll get it done in this calendar year.
This morning I had some extra time so I squeezed in a Livestrong workout and I'm hoping to grab a quick trail run before picking up my daughter this afternoon. The leg is sore, itchy even, but nothing a naproxen can't handle. I'm aiming to just do somewhere between 3-4km run, an out and back on a pancake flat trail close to home. My diet has been (knocking on wood right now) pretty darn good. I've been super conscious of my protein intake and have tried to only have one snack in the evening. So far so good.
So I'm managing. I still wake up at night with hot knee pain and my knee can swell up in an hour to the point it pulsates and I start negotiating with myself about what I really need to do versus what I can put off while my leg settles down. But I truly think I'm doing the best I can with my crazy schedule and budget. Onward and upward!