Surgery #20, Here I come!!

My foot has been killing me from skating lately - the same place I had it broken and re-set 1 1/2 years ago - so I went in for a check up with my foot doc.

X-rays were taken first and the doc and I immediately sat down with them. To me, they looked great! But then he pointed out where my issues were.

Due to the repositioning of the bones, I have little space in between two bones in the top of the foot and they are pretty much just rubbing against one another. He told me how painful this is, which was nice he confirmed how I feel intense pain whenever there is pressure there (skating). He said we could go in surgically to "file down" those pieces of bone, allowing for more space between the bones. Or I could just use padding (which is what I have been doing) and, well, suck it up. That's what my gut told me to go with until he said the next thing.

"And one of the two screws we placed in your foot is loose and will need to be removed. I mentioned this being a possibility after the initial surgery (he did) and it's soon going to pose a problem for you. Lucky for you, I can take these out with the same incision!"

Yes. Lucky me.

They'll be calling me Monday to schedule my surgery. It'll be as soon as 3 weeks or as late as 6 weeks.