Tendonitis and Running (training, runner, pain, marathon)

[mantismom]

Any runners here ever suffer from ankle tendonitis?

I have been in pain since Nov 24th, on a long run I developed pain in my left ankle. I finally got in to the the Orthopedic doctor today. X-ray showed no stress fractures. He said it's tendonitis. Prescribed physical therapy, motrin and no running for 8 weeks.

Was just wondering if anyone else has gone through this and how long did it take for you to resume running again. I am super bummed about it, was training for a 1/2 marathon.