Walking on knives, for real this time.: seanan

Walking on knives, for real this time.

Many of you probably know that I've been having severe issues with my left foot right now, which make it difficult for me to walk normally. Sometimes I can't walk at all. It turns out that this is because I've developed an internal bone spur. So I'm going to the podiatrist, who's going to refer me to a surgeon, who's going to cut me open and make things better. "Better" is a word that lives on the other side of surgical recovery and more pain, but at least there's a clear road from here to there.

I keep joking that I'm a mermaid now, since I get to walk on knives everywhere I go. Damn, do I feel bad for Ariel.

It's not fun, being basically in good physical form and ready to resume my normal exercise regime (now that my back injury has finally recovered enough to allow me to do so), only to have my foot decide that I don't need to be independently mobile. It's been making me snarly and a little more short-tempered than usual, because constant pain does not a happy blonde make, and for this I apologize. Hopefully, surgery will resolve things neatly, I'll spend a few weeks sitting around hating everything while I recover enough to start physical therapy, and then I'll be better.

I am excited to be better.

Comment amnesty on this post: I really appreciate your support, silent or vocal, but I have a massive comment backlog, so I can't promise to answer everything.

ebartley

January 29 2013, 16:01:01 UTC 4 years ago

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Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery.

sheistheweather

January 29 2013, 16:04:06 UTC 4 years ago Edited: January 29 2013, 16:06:51 UTC

Intermittent plantar fasciitis grants me the ability to strongly identify with the little mermaid, as well, so much so that I made an icon just for "walking on knives" posts. In other words, that sucks, and I hope the healing process is swift and as easy as possible.

anderyn

January 29 2013, 16:05:25 UTC 4 years ago

Ow ow ow.

No fun feeling like you're walking on knives.

Best wishes for successful surgery and excellent rehab.

oracne

January 29 2013, 16:06:09 UTC 4 years ago Edited: January 29 2013, 16:06:49 UTC

I hope it all goes well. Having had NOT a bone spur, luckily, I can only imagine how much that must hurt, and how nice it will be to eventually have it be better.

Maybe you can plan some sort of giant watch-a-thon for while you can't exercise?

(no answer needed!)

bunsen_h

January 29 2013, 16:11:17 UTC 4 years ago

Why did the mermaid cross the road? To be able to walk again.

Best of luck!

billroper

January 29 2013, 16:12:18 UTC 4 years ago

Ow! I'm sorry that your foot is being such a problem, but I'm glad they figured out what the problem is and how to treat it.

Good luck!

herefox

January 29 2013, 16:24:35 UTC 4 years ago

While that sucks and surgery is fun, I'm glad it's an identifiable and fixable problem. Mobile blond should be mobile!

Best wishes to being not a mermaid anymore (at least you didn't have to give your voice up to GET the bone spur, right?) and hopes for a speedy recovery.

bzarcher

January 29 2013, 16:25:52 UTC 4 years ago

I got a bone spur in my foot back when I played football. I know EXACTLY how much this sucks. I hope for a speedy recovery for you.

vulpine137

January 29 2013, 16:28:04 UTC 4 years ago

Hope things go smoothly with your foot.

darkangel_wings

January 29 2013, 16:54:02 UTC 4 years ago

I hope it goes well and that you feel better soon. Physical problems like that suck a whole bunch.

patoadam

January 29 2013, 17:05:14 UTC 4 years ago

Ouch! Hope you recover quickly and completely. Having had a (less severe) case of plantar fasciitis, I sympathize.

While I have your attention, I'd like to tell you how much I enjoyed "Deadline", which I have just read. I waited a long time before reading this because of something untoward that happened to one of my favorite characters in "Feed". My mistake. On to "Blackout".

Also, while I have your attention, I want to make sure you noticed my reply to a comment of yours, in which I cleared up a trivial misunderstanding we had. I am sensitive about this because we once had a less trivial misunderstanding.

As a general rule, I don't care whether you reply to my comments, because I think you have better things to do.

seanan_mcguire

January 29 2013, 17:28:56 UTC 4 years ago

I saw that reply; I see all my replies. I didn't answer because it was a reply-to-a-reply, and my OCD doesn't demand that I handle those. The issue appeared to be resolved.

4 years ago

groblek

January 29 2013, 17:09:50 UTC 4 years ago

Best wishes for a swift recovery! I'm glad that it's something that can be made better.

anna_en_route

January 29 2013, 17:20:03 UTC 4 years ago

Ouch, that really sucks!

Is swimming an option as an alternative form of exercise?

January 29 2013, 17:28:20 UTC 4 years ago

No, unfortunately; I don't have access to a pool.

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cailleuch

January 29 2013, 17:31:36 UTC 4 years ago

Just create a little "hurts now, won't hurt after surgery" spell. Or perhaps this is an area best left to Aeslin Mice.

Had the surgery, got the t-shirt and for me it fixed (for most definitions of the word fixed) the problem.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

jaylake

January 29 2013, 17:36:42 UTC 4 years ago

As a fellow surgery enthusiast, you have my deeply personal support and understanding.

ie, ow fuck!

nyxalinth

January 29 2013, 17:46:50 UTC 4 years ago

Don't worry about replies, worry about you. Hope it starts feeling better. I have a bad knee and a back that enjoys randomly spazzing out, so I get it.

mlerules

January 29 2013, 17:48:22 UTC 4 years ago

No need to comment, but I did wanna let you know I'm thinking good thoughts re: successful surgery and the return of the you who can walk and exercise and be sans pain. Make it so!

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dulcimeoww

January 29 2013, 19:09:50 UTC 4 years ago

I feel that way, too. I always take the stairs now, and every time I go up or down them I feel this quiet little surge of triumph at having managed it, because they just wiped me out so much to relearn during PT.

ladymurmur

January 29 2013, 18:17:52 UTC 4 years ago

It is always a relief for me when a thing is named and thus can be addressed.

Best wishes for an easy and swift recovery. You can still play mermaid later, in much less painful and inconvenient ways! :-)

jorhett

January 29 2013, 18:20:10 UTC 4 years ago

Ouch. I had the same problem two years ago. Surgery was more dramatic than expected (they cut an artery, so I went down in the morning for "an hour" and woke up and it was dark out) but I've been ecstatically happy with the results. I hope your surgery goes easier.

For my part, physical therapy ended up being completely unnecessary. As soon as the bone spur was gone, I could walk again and the pain was gone within 36 hours. I hope it goes as easily for you.

shanejayell

January 29 2013, 18:20:39 UTC 4 years ago

Get well soon. Trite, but best I can come up with at the moment....

rhodielady_47

January 29 2013, 18:21:21 UTC 4 years ago

Have you checked youtube to see if anyone's posted video's of the surgery you're needing? You need to be prepared for what you're about to go through. Beware of any doctor or surgeon who won't take the time to educate you about your surgery!

Please make sure your surgeon is the best you can get as well as being board certified in this operation you need.
That's what I did when I went looking for a surgeon to do my bariatric surgery and I'm nearly 60 pounds lighter two months later.
She did a beautiful job on me! Her staff did a thorough job educating me up front about everything that I'd be going through--I couldn't believe the amount of material they went over but it turned out to be needful--each and every bit. Her staff also did a good job taking care of me after the surgery too.
No pain and no tummy problems at all and I'm slowly losing the weight that no diet ever managed to budge even temporarily.
I hope you will have as good an outcome with your foot.
:)

anne_d

January 29 2013, 18:26:47 UTC 4 years ago

beccastareyes

January 29 2013, 18:27:54 UTC 4 years ago

I'm sorry to hear that you're in pain, and glad to hear that the doctors understand what's causing it and how to fix it (even if it means being in more pain as things heal).

Also, here's to the Internet, wonderful TV shows and books, and the company of your cats. (But hopefully teaching them to stay away from the owie places.)

January 29 2013, 18:45:10 UTC 4 years ago

I made that same joke a lot when I got out of the hospital last year. I had been in a coma, so all my muscles went away and had to be rebuilt, but what they didn't seem to notice was that all of my calluses (ALL of them) also went away. I did not previously realize quite how much one takes calluses for granted!

Good luck with your surgery, here's hoping you don't remain a mermaid for long.

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