More posts to come. Not about my foot, just life in general... I have 8-10 weeks of recovery time.

My injury sucks. Last Friday night (17th), I was walking out of a bowling alley and twisted my foot and then fell on it. I was wearing heels and I just took a bad step. I tried to walk on it, no go. Friday night I elevated it and put some ice on it and tried to sleep. Saturday I missed everything... We had some friends in town for Beerfest and I had to stay home, not happy. My foot was in some pain but not unbearable. We were hoping for a sprain and I was really trying to avoid the Dr but as the swelling was barely reduced, I could not put any weight on it, and the pain wasn't going away... to the Dr's we went. They took x-rays, a CT scan, and they gave me a boot and crutches until I saw the specialist. The results? I have 2 fractured Metatarsals (2nd and 3rd) and a shattered Cuboid. I had no idea what that meant but knew it wasn't good. Below is a pic, in case someone is not familiar with the foot bones.  

The worst news? I need to have surgery on my foot. The Dr wasn't confident that the Cuboid would heal properly and I may have problems in the future as well as a longer recovery time. With surgery, I would have 8-10 weeks of no weight on my foot. My thoughts? I was hoping for no surgery and no cast. I was told I would have both. I was so upset to hear the news. I am worried about the surgery, I don't like to be put under and I am just not comfortable with it. But my hubby is right, I need to just get it done and do everything possible to make sure I have a fully functional foot with the slimmer chance of problems in the future. So, surgery and cast it is.

Worst timing ever. We had some awful news this week about some close friends and needed to be in FL. I am not getting into details about it here but we really needed to be in FL for our friends and I just feel double awful that we are unable to go because of my foot. I can't travel, I can't work, I can't do anything but rest my foot.





People on TV seem to work their crutches easily. I know I don't have a lot of upper body strength but it is very difficult to move around with them.  Any tips? Let me know.






I'll have more details once I have the surgery. I do know I have to have a plate that will need to removed later. Great, more surgery. Not happy about this situation and nothing I can do. Enough of my whining, I'll just hope for the best.

Thanks for all the support.
xoxo- RW