i think i need to start a new category on this blog. over there on the left you'll find links to cornwallis posts, stories about old boyfriends, and all kinds of other goofy stuff. i now think i need to add one about my feet.
i feel like i am always breaking something down there. feet, toes, ankles. it's a constant affliction. last year wasn't so bad... i think i only had one semi-major foot injury and a couple of broken toes.
but i've already started off my 2005 with a bang. last night, just before mary's birthday dinner, i stupidly rammed my bare foot into my humidifier. my pinky toe caught the brunt of it. i hopped around uttering an insane string of curse words for a few minutes, then --because i'm experienced in this type of thing-- i just put my shoes on and went about my business.
i've broken enough foot bones in my life to know that doctors are rarely able to do anything about it. i'll ante up my copay just to walk out with two toes taped together, or something ridiculous like that. so i've learned to just live with the pain for a while, knowing it'll stop eventually.
when i got home from dinner last night, though, and took off my shoes, the pain really flared up. a lot. it didn't get any better overnight, either... walking this morning was not fun. i hobbled.
there is no discoloration in my foot, but i can still tell i've done something pretty bad down there. in fact, this injury may take a little longer than usual to heal... it feels like the damage is in the toe bone inside my foot (having dealt with this so much you think i'd know the names, right? i think it's "metatarsal".) so that pushing off with my foot is painful.
strangely, though, once i put on a pair of shoes (ow ow ow!) which had decent arch support my foot felt a lot better. walking barefoot was practically tortorous compared to being shod. go figure.
anyway, all of this to say that basically i'm a klutz. and i might need a new "foot injuries" category on this blog.
Posted by xta at January 4, 2005 01:48 PM | TrackBackWhen I was in elementary school, my brother and I accidently knocked over a helium tank (you know, one of those tall ones for balloons) onto my mom's feet. She was wearing sandles and it fell right across both feet, and we ended up breaking all ten of her toes at once.
Posted by: Dallas at January 4, 2005 02:13 PMOw, Christa - my toes are curling in sympathy!
I once broke my second-to-last toe the night before a big trip - I kicked a banister by accident and when I took a step after that, I fell right on my face.
I also kick the sharp metal parts under beds. I've been doing it my entire life. Gah, that hurts.
Posted by: pinky at January 4, 2005 06:48 PMMy toes are curling up too! And yes, Xta, metatarsal is the right word. Reggie Love of the Duke basketball team just broke his 5th. When I was 21 I broke my 5th too, dancing at happy hour with my coworkers. I was hella drunk, and didn't know it was broken until morning when my entire foot was huge and wildly discolored. I was in a cast for six weeks, and when I got the cast off I forgot to take a shoe for that foot. Parking lots in August are hot.
I am always running into things with my feet. It is hell on shoes and makes me feel like a clumsy child.
Posted by: at January 4, 2005 09:51 PMHey, that last comment was from me, Minty! Where did my name go?
Posted by: minty at January 4, 2005 09:52 PMThe metatarsals are the toebones themselves. The inner foot bones leading to the toes are the tarsals. Meta = outside, next level, beyond, at the end of.