As many of you know, I broke my second toe Jan 1. When I write I broke it I mean the first bone
was fractured, the second in at least 4 pieces and the third crushed (still
looks kind of like a mushroom on the X-rays).
If you don’t remember (and that is ok) I dropped a rifle on my foot, my
bare foot, while uncasing it to put it in the safe.
First lesson…wear shoes!
I saw my Doctor yesterday for the third round of
X-rays. Much to our mutual amazement,
and my lucky stars, it is healing. There
is barely a scar from the big gash. The
swelling if finally coming down, although it is still a little flat and about
60% wider than before. The tip shows
good bone re-growth, the middle looks like one piece now and the third, well,
will probably always look like a mushroom but all the little fragments seem to
be growing new bone to hold them together.
So, no surgery, YEA! And, I have
permission to start wearing something other than my Uggs, 5.11 Tactical Boots
or the Orthopedic flats I’ve been wearing for the last couple months. High heels are probably still a way off, but
I’m in regular flats today. Hey, I’m a
shoe girl, this is Huge for me! I have
an entire photo album dedicated to shoes on my personal FB page. The 4 inch heels aren’t coming back anytime
soon, but I’ll take what I can get for now.
Second lesson…follow my Doctors advice. I did; elevation, buddy taping the toe, ugly
shoes. It paid off, no surgery, no pin,
no bone grafting. I am extremely lucky,
and more careful because it never even occurred to this mid-westerner who was
used to going everywhere in bare feet that shoes were protective on the top as
well as the bottom.
Safe Shooting…watch this site for a future photo of high
heels! J
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| something to look forward to! |
Glad to hear you are on the mend!
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