I can do that

Today I saw my foot doctor. He and I have quite a history now. Originally I went to him because "my right foot hurts and feels a lot like my hands with carpal tunnel when I tap my foot. Don't even thing about tapping it...." Almost 2 years later, I woke up out of anesthesia to hear him say, "Wow! I never saw anything like that before!" - my response being, "Just knock me back out."

That was around 2000. I walked without pain eventually and often. As we know, I developed pain again in both feet. The right foot is doing pretty well. I can sum that up pretty well as meaning I never get the urge any more to cut that one off.

The left foot, well, that one is a stubborn little bitch. I can relate to the sentiment, but I am tired of dragging it along with me all the time.

Today the doctor repeated to me the choices of getting new and custom orthotics, wearing the cast 8 hours a day, and continuing with physical therapy OR getting my Achilles' tendon sliced. Once again, it was a no-brainer. I sure hope my insurance company decides they cover custom orthotics because they don't cover the other ones. I am sticking with the program because I have had some progress. The tendons are looser.

I admit I have hedged a bit with the cast wearing lately. It's not comfortable, I am claustophobic and sometimes wake up in the morning and find the cast in pieces on the floor next to the bed. The weight of it pulls on my hip, even in my sleep, so eventually I had to skip a few nights. Do you think I dragged the Santa Leg with me to Florida for two nights? Nope. I get in enough trouble with the TSA for silly things. Can you imagine what they could accuse me of with a cast? I shudder to even think what they might do to me.

So, after getting yet another clarification on the cast wearing - just wear it 8 hours a day, it doesn't have to be overnight, but that is when most people prefer to wear it - I came home determined to be a Good Girl.

I grabbed some knee high socks and the cast and put it on. It looked a bit awkward to me. My ankle seemed to be bending a little wrong. Is the cast incorrectly made, I wonder? I was uncomfy wandering around my home. Usually it doesn't bother me too much to walk in it, but today, it was awful.

Finally I decided the socks might be too thick, so I searched around for some trouser socks and tried that. Nope, still not feeling quite right.

It dawned on me suddenly that it probably fits exactly on my foot the way I should expect it to, since I had it on the right foot and not the left.

My bad.