oh snap

My feet always hurt. For those of you just joining us, here’s why:

this is not normal

this is not normal

This picture was actually taken during the good old days, when my feet only mostly always hurt instead of my current situation of non-stop throbbing pain. What you’re not seeing is what happens after many repeat stress fractures and bone scarring – today, that x-ray would actually be WORSE.

Things took a turn for the “oh holy fuck what now” last night when an audible SNAP rang out from my left foot. I couldn’t put any pressure on it, no matter how much swearing I did. Knowing that my left foot does things like this from time to time, I decided to pop a couple Motrin and see what things were like in the morning because I am hardcore like that.

It’s now morning, and while the pain is not as bad as last night, there is still a great deal of ouch going on down there. I should probably do something about this, so I’m hobbling off to the doctor this morning so they can send me around town getting x-ray’d for fun and profit.

Hooray!

Today would have been my dad’s 94th birthday. I love him and miss him every day, but I really wish I hadn’t inherited his deformed feet. I’m grateful for the rest – the love of writing, the filthy and inappropriate sense of humour, the surprisingly powerful baseball pitch, the ease in front of a microphone – but he really could have kept the feet.

dad would have been confused by the anthromorphic cat condo

dad would have been confused by the anthromorphic cat condo

11 thoughts on “oh snap

  1. bleh! sorry to hear that. that must be painful.
    i’ve often considered getting my hammer toes straightened now im really thinking about it with the one having broke, i did look into but chickened out that was obviously before i had my ass operated on. :P
    good luck! i hope you find something that works for you.

  2. I am very sorry and worried about your foot. I am delighted with the little cats.

    That averages out to melancholy.

    How about more info on those cat things?

  3. I know dealing with the runaround surgeon BS is painful (trust me, I *so* know this!) but push on, and eventually you will find a super surgeon like I have who will at least entertain the thought of fixing your broken feet.

    Do some research first to figure out who the head foot dude is around here, then get your doctor to put in a referral. It might take a year to get in to see him, but seeing as it’s been longer than that that you’ve been dealing with this I think it’s better than doing nothing.

    I hope your xrays today either help move your cause to the forefront or confirm you are going to be OK in short order.

    Being broken sucks!

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