self-diagnosed once again

i am so NOT tired right now. 1am. i've been reading a lot about stress fractures of the tibia. or is it the fibia, i can't even remember anymore. i can give myself any disease if i read about it long enough on the 'net. looks like now i can even give myself a stress facture. i'm talented like that. i rarely go to the DR. (once every couple years?), but when i do...i'm the guy that reads up on every possible thing i might have before my appointment, and then i quiz my doctor on his diagnosis like i am some kind of expert. even though i have no idea what i'm really saying to him.

i've been performing weird hopping tests around my apartment. i've been pressing and prodding my leg. i've been icing it. i even had to look up the word dorsiflex. so on and so on.

i guess i have to take a ton of time off if i have a fracture. great! i am almost afraid to even do the elliptical at this point. stupid internet!!!!!

one thing i am for sure not imagining is that my shin still hurts (the last time i ran was on thursday). its like this dull pain. oh who knows.

bottom line, i am going to give my shin some rest from running. preferably until it doesn't hurt anymore. what a novel idea.

p.s. i passed the hopping test but then i read on a running forum where a guy had a stress fracture and he passed the hopping test too. umm, i think thats my cue to shut off the internet before i diagnose myself with all sorts of funky injuries.