Injured

I think I mentioned it a while ago but I am injured. I have had achilles issues since I started back to running. They got progressively worse and I ignored them. Finally one day I was sitting at work and my whole ankle was in pain. I decided to do something about it and went to see my doctor who confirmed my diagnosis. I am probably not going back to my doctor since he kept me waiting 45 minutes looked at my ankle for 5 seconds and mimicked what I said, prescribed a medication that completely wacked me out and signed me up for PT. The PT was the only thing he got right. I have been going once a week and I feel better because of it.
About three weeks ago I went out for my first trail run with my daughter. We did a small 2-3 mile loop and by the end of it my ankle was on fire but for the most part I was fine. I have been doing short runs since then and my ankle has been fine. It hurts but not nearly as bad as it did before. I think I have a fallen arch because I was also having forefoot pain and I am fat. I bought some arch supports and my running didn't hurt and was able to get out for about a little over three mile run this weekend. It's going to be a slow recovery but recovery is coming.
This completely changes my running perspective for the better. I am just going to run for the fun of it. and the whole training thing is out of sight and out of mind.