I think my PT knows how hard this is on me, he told me that at the beginning. Of course, this had been ongoing for 6 weeks before he ever saw me. I did see him this afternoon, and there are encouraging signs. My abductors are getting stronger to help balance things out, outside of the actual muscle strain and one particular tendon the pain actually is much less than it once was. He taped several parts of my leg today to help relieve pressure, and next week will do something else to help the inflammation after he gets my doctor's permission - some kind of pad that uses electricity to apply an anti-inflammatory to the tendon in question?

We can share the same frustration about not being able to ride through the nice crunchy leaves. I have not given up hope that if I do what I need to do that over the next couple of weeks I should be able to slowly start working my way back on the bike - and find a few of those remaining crunchy leaves.

I am feeling a little better this afternoon, attitude wise.