Best Foot Forward.

Tagged: weight-bearing

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
A black-and-white meme: a bare foot resting on top of a dense bed of long, upright metal nails, captioned across the top, 'What walking feels like when your foot is asleep.'
Day 45Boot / Transition

Free Bird

Ohhhhh, what a day it's been for my foot. First, let me clear up the great myth: when the doctor and the internet swore that pulling the pins out of my toe…

Pain 5/10 PWB pin-removal · pain · advil
A reaction meme: a man in a shirt and loosened tie in a kitchen, hands raised and mouth open in pure delight, under bold white all-caps text reading 'OMG I'M SO EXCITED!!'
Day 44Boot / Transition

I'm So Excited

The day has arrived!! And it's AWESOME! Now I know I promised a video of the [ahem] "pin extraction," but I want to save that since it's long, and I need to…

Pain 2/10 PWB pin-removal · weight-bearing · pwb
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 someecards-style meme in dusty pink with two suited men, one adjusting the other's collar, captioned: 'Time flies when you're having fun... or something like that.'
Day 40Boot / Transition

Fly Like an Eagle

OH MY GAWD, I just realized it's been days since I posted. And honestly? I think that's a good thing. I've been off doing this wild new activity called life -…

Pain 2/10 NWB boot-transition · weight-bearing · six-week-check
A flat-style illustration of a woman with dark hair in a bun and a magenta top, reaching up to arrange a horizontal roadmap on a wall: five colorful chevron arrows, each stamped with a clock, connected by dashed lines to note cards above and below.
Day 29Boot / Transition

Time Is on My Side

I am, at my core, a person who needs a finish line. Hand me a goal and a timeline that ends somewhere I can actually point at, and I will happily grind toward…

NWB boot-transition · weight-bearing · timeline
The 'Conspiracy Keanu' meme: a wide-eyed young man with tousled hair looking bewildered, captioned 'THE UPDATE IS' across the top and 'THAT THERE IS NO UPDATE' across the bottom.
Day 28Boot / Transition

The Waiting

Some days the headline writes itself. Today's headline is: nothing to report. The update is that there is no update. Exactly four weeks ago I came home from…

NWB boot-transition · weight-bearing · physical-therapy
A meme captioned 'my body after doing absolutely nothing all day,' showing two blue x-ray-style illustrations of a human figure with glowing red pain points at the neck, knees, and ankle.
Day 27Boot / Transition

Scar Tissue

Facebook did the thing today where it reminds you who you were nine years ago. And nine years ago today, I was parked in a chair a lot like the one I'm in now,…

NWB boot-transition · scars · comparison