Tagged: protocol

Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, gaunt and gray-skinned, crouched on mossy rock in a dark cave, cradling and gazing longingly at a bottle of Advil the way he covets the One Ring.

Pre-op · 12d to surgeryPre-op

My Precious

Every runner has a Precious. This is mine. I've been leaning on Advil like a crutch since the ankle went. But if I'm being honest, I was leaning on it loooong…

FWB pre-op · medications · nsaids

Dr. Ben Stein: a smiling man with short dark hair and a trimmed dark beard, wearing a white physician's coat over a checked dress shirt and a dark red patterned tie, photographed in a softly blurred hospital corridor.

Pre-op · 13d to surgeryPre-op

Doctor's Orders

Thirteen days out, and it feels right to introduce the person who actually rebuilds the foot. Meet Dr. Ben Stein, the orthopedic surgeon who has now agreed to…

FWB pre-op · surgeon · protocol