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| My right foot is a mess: bunion, hammer toes, maybe broken pinky toe |
It's not like I stubbed it, or dropped something on it. Rather, I was tossing wood into the wheelbarrow to move it to the racks for stacking when a "log" bounced off other pieces in the wheelbarrow and propelled itself out and right onto my foot. Now, I don't have steel-toed boots and doubt if I could ever find any in my hard-to-fit-size. I had on my wool socks and BOGs boots, which are thick rubber and neoprene. But not steel-toed.
So, the toe is swollen but only hurts when I'm walking the dog, or rather, being dragged by the dog down the road. The smaller dog. Because he's frantic to sniff out feral cats and raccoons. Or if I step up or down (like on stairs!) and anything that requires flexing at the ball of the foot. Otherwise, there's no pain. The toe did discolor after the dog walk, but doesn't hurt when I touch it. And I can wiggle it gently. But that doesn't mean it isn't broken. So I have an appointment with a foot specialist on Thursday. Basically because what would my primary tell me anyway, right? And besides, my primary is booked until April!
I did go to the gym today but decided to take it really easy. Slow pedaling on the elliptical. Backwards hurt and forward didn't. Pull-ups were difficult because I wasn't warmed-up after 25 minutes where I never broke a sweat. And I worried about dropping down from the top of the Stretch Cage and landing hard on my feet.
But I ran errands yesterday and today. Took puppers to the park. Even hauled 3/4 of a wheelbarrow of firewood into the house. But slowly. Ever sooooo slowly. I might push myself a little harder tomorrow because Thursday I'll see the doc and he'll tell me it's probably just bruised. Except that it does hurt when I put weight on it. Not a bone hurt, but a weird sharp, tearing pain, like I've cut my skin on something. Except I haven't. Ugh. Well, at least there's no blood, cuz wearing a bandage on your toe sucks. Done that one already...
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