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It seems that the aftermath of the toe surgery has drawn to a close. I was cleared to go back to work and to wear real shoes again today. At least I can finally start breaking in the orthotics I received just after they completed the surgery. At least that's one less thing to worry about. Sadly, I'm not scheduled to go back to work for another week yet. I hope I'm not misreading the signals from some of my bosses, who think that this will solve all of the problems I've been having with standing at work. (Of course, I'm still not clear on why the surgery was necessary. Performing it to relieve the pain doesn't seem to be a valid one since the pain from the toes didn't bother me that much. Nor did he seem to answer my question about why the extra bone in each big toe would become inflamed after 38 years or so of causing no problems.)
Next week, I will meet with a new therapist, who apparently has worked as an LGBT activist and in social justice causes according to the pamphlet put out by the Hamilton Center. I will meet her the day after I come back to work. I think meeting her will be an interesting experience, regardless of how it turns out.
Although things seem okay right now, there was one problem that has bummed me out slightly. My laptop screen got cracked somehow last night. I am not sure how this happened. Either I stepped on it and didn't realize it as I went out to get some milk at 3 a.m. in the hopes that it would finally get me to sleep, or I did something in my sleep that caused it to become cracked. (I'm betting on the first option in this case. It was hard to tell exactly where my feet were while I was wearing the surgical shoes.)
The only downside of getting out of the surgical shoes is I'd finally adjusted to how they were affecting my balance. Now that I'm back in normal shoes, it's going to take a few days to get the original sense of balance of back.
Next week, I will meet with a new therapist, who apparently has worked as an LGBT activist and in social justice causes according to the pamphlet put out by the Hamilton Center. I will meet her the day after I come back to work. I think meeting her will be an interesting experience, regardless of how it turns out.
Although things seem okay right now, there was one problem that has bummed me out slightly. My laptop screen got cracked somehow last night. I am not sure how this happened. Either I stepped on it and didn't realize it as I went out to get some milk at 3 a.m. in the hopes that it would finally get me to sleep, or I did something in my sleep that caused it to become cracked. (I'm betting on the first option in this case. It was hard to tell exactly where my feet were while I was wearing the surgical shoes.)
The only downside of getting out of the surgical shoes is I'd finally adjusted to how they were affecting my balance. Now that I'm back in normal shoes, it's going to take a few days to get the original sense of balance of back.
