Best Foot Forward.

Tagged: hardware

A pun meme on a black background showing the sole of a bare foot, captioned above and below: 'Don't bother asking a podiatrist for metric conversions. He only knows feet.' with a PainfulPuns logo in the corner.
Day 42Boot / Transition

Don't Stop

Today is a time machine. It points backward and forward at the same time, and I'm standing right in the hinge of it: six weeks post-op, to the day. First, the…

Pain 3/10 NWB six-week-check · throwback · hardware
A meme of Freddie Mercury mid-performance in a white tank top and studded belt, singing into a microphone, overlaid with a tweet by Alison Burke (@TiredActor) reading: *at a job interview* 'Can you perform under pressure?' Me: 'I'm not sure I know all the lyrics but here goes nothing.'
Day 10Early Recovery

Under Pressure

This morning I woke up oddly curious about what will actually happen with this hammertoe. I mean, I know what will HAPPEN happen: it should be fixed and no…

Pain 2/10 NWB early-recovery · hammertoe · anatomy
A lateral X-ray of a foot on a lightbox, the heel and midfoot bones held together by two large, bright-white surgical screws; overhead light and a hand are reflected in the glass.
Pre-op · 15d to surgeryPre-op

Some Assembly Required

Fifteen days out, and the menu just grew. I laid out the five-job rebuild earlier this week and figured the order was locked. It wasn't. Dr. Stein added…

FWB pre-op · surgical-plan · bunionectomy