Best Foot Forward.

Tagged: boot

A grainy retro music video still of a line dance in a honky-tonk, dancers in plaid shirts stepping in unison, with the title 'Boot Scootin' Boogie' overlaid in white script.
Day 54Boot / Transition

Boot Scootin' Boogie

And a whole week went by just like that! Clearly things are going well when I don't have a lot to blog about, because life is just trucking on. This past week…

Pain 0/10 FWB boot · brace · gear
A meme from the movie What About Bob?: Bill Murray in an orange life vest, lashed to the mast of a sailboat with rope, captioned above 'The journey of a thousand miles' and below 'begins with baby steps.'
Day 48Boot / Transition

These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

I am free of the bitchsticks! Or at least, mostly. The weekend errand and breakfast run still required them, but I'm able to hobble around the house without…

Pain 2/10 PWB crutches · boot · walking
Bare feet resting still, a limb waiting to move again.
Day 17Early Recovery

Fists With My Toes

My foot hurts. I know, I KNOW, why is this news? It should hurt because it's been through so much but no, it's not that kind of pain. It's the kind that comes…

Pain 4/10 NWB early-recovery · immobility · foot-pain
Meme of The Thing from Fantastic Four staring warily into the distance, captioned 'Your heel watching you buy more face skin care products.'
Day 16Early Recovery

Itchycoo Park

One of the advantages of having a new comfy boot is that it makes my leg generally feel so much better. I even made it through the night, sleeping fairly…

Pain 2/10 NWB early-recovery · itching · hydroxyzine
A surreal, photoshopped gag: a pair of bare feet on a dark mat, where the ankles and shins are laced and cuffed in worn tan leather exactly like a pair of lace-up work boots, so you can't tell where foot ends and boot begins.
Day 15Early Recovery

These Boots Are Made for Walkin'

So one of the fun things about Amazon is that you can find annnnnnnnny old thing on it, and I decided to go find myself a new boot. One that presumably fit…

Pain 2/10 NWB early-recovery · boot · peptides
Office Space meme: Bill Lumbergh with his coffee mug saying, 'Yeah, if you could go ahead and not be in pain... that would be great.'
Day 14Early Recovery

Hurts So Good

Ohhh the pain train pulled into the station overnight, woke me up damn early (2:45 anyone?!) and I'm running on fumes today. The reason? This heavy metal…

Pain 5/10 NWB early-recovery · boot · pain
Gloved hands working a pair of surgical scissors through layers of tan elastic bandage and fluffy white cotton padding wrapped around my right foot and ankle, one toe just peeking out of the top, with my left foot in a white-and-orange HOKA off to the side.
Day 13Early Recovery

I Can See Clearly Now

Today was a BIG DAY! It was the "unveiling of the foot!" Aka, the day all the surgical dressing came off and I finally got to lay eyes on the masterpiece that…

Pain 1/10 NWB early-recovery · milestone · unveiling