A Stress Fracture?

I may have one ... in my right foot ... around the area of my big toe.

I think it may have happened in the beginning of March on a Monday night during a multi-impact class ... or a Wednesday night during a cardio kick boxing class. I remember feeling something not quite right at some point jumping on one foot, but dismissed it as a cramp or a minor bad step. The pain would come back every now and then, but I didn't suspect anything serious.

And then I went running ... outside ... with intentions to cover at minimum 8 miles. After four miles, I hobbled back home with the most severe pain in my foot ... EVER. I was walking on my right heal because my toe could not bear any load without making me scream and flail my arms.

So in a little over 2 hours, I will be going to see the doctor for a formal diagonis. I even went out last night for an emergency / season's-first pedicure. I don't exactly want a perfect stranger to examine a set of ugly feet with unpolished toes. What kind of impression would that give? I can deal with being thought of as a person that engages in acts of self mutilation via exercise, but to be labeled as a masochist with poor hygiene is simply too much.

I hope this thing will take less than two weeks to heal.