First Brisk Walk: Day 39 after Cheilectomy

Thought it was time to try a real walk down the road... I walk around school often throughout the day, but never very far or fast. So, this evening after some PT exercises and manual stretches of the sole of my foot, I put on my athletic walking shoes and set out, hoping to get a little exercise. It was not what I'd call a workout---at least not a cardiovascular workout. Three miles per hour, tops, was the best I could manage while trying to maintain normal weight transfer all the way through that final painful push off the big toe. It is so difficult to choose pain! How much easier it would have been to just limp, but that won't get me anywhere. If pain leads to gain, I guess I choose pain.