Foot & Walks

Awareness of the outside world. Earth Day & Dark Sky Week.

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tldr: update from doctor’s appointment, horse at end.

Rare sighting of my foot in town. Shown here in brace number three.

Why so much foot?

Because.

Tuesday has become foot day.

I mislike when blogs drop a story.

The blog has become my external memory.

Previously

Rodney tripped and landed on my right foot during a morning walk back in March. No dramatic swelling nor ghastly hurting. Finally got foot xrayed. Fracture of fifth metatarsal. Kind of squicky to know there was a pointy bit in there. Referral to ortho doc. No one in huge hurry to get me seen, which I assumed was a good sign.

Before Doc

I saw 4 options.

One. Nothing changes. In which case, trip was pointless.

Two. Taller boot to immobilize ankle. NBD. Had one before. [I’m Bored Already]

Three. Crutches and non-weight-bearing. Not happy about that.

Four. Surgery to realign foot bone. Super not happy about the possibility.

It was a long week & a half. I kept telling myself that if it had been really bad, Urgent Care would have sent me to the ER. I kinda believed myself.

After Doc

Door number one, but info turned out to be helpful.

No change to x-ray. Bone has not moved since last week. No one has said, but our theory is that the bone hasn’t shifted since the day it got stomped, which is good news.

Bone will heal around break & make a bony lump.

Come back in 6 weeks for another progress check.

Entire thing likely to take 12 weeks, which is the beginning of June.

Move as comfortable.

Boot that I was wearing was the type they recommend.

The sharp pain I feel from a bad step is the ligament objecting not the bone moving.

Takeaway is that I can’t – insert reasonable caveats – hurt it. Pain is pain, rather than further damage.

Knowing that I am not causing setbacks is a huge mental relief.

Horses

Still walking in the morning. Adding laps as foot permits. Downside is that as little as two or three laps, 0.4 or 0.6 of a mile, makes me cross and cranky for the rest of the day. Growing bone is tiring. Apparently.

[Foot post archives]

Onwards!
Katherine