I'm getting the screws taken out of my right ankle. I have constant pain every day and I can't wear anything but sneakers. Which I would think would be fine, but honestly it sucks hard. I can't even wear slippers around the house without my feet hurting! Plus I used to be extremely active, and a swimmer. Now I can barely make it through a day of teaching. I'm really hoping that getting the screws out will help the pain. I'm eying a really cute pair of wedges at Old Navy that I want!
My mom is driving over from my hometown about an hour away to help me tomorrow, but my SO will be with me too. It's scary, but I'm glad the date has finally come.
If you'd like an anatomy class, I have a fractured talus in my right ankle. The talus is the main ankle bone that takes all the pressure/weight/etc from your leg. It is known to have really bad side effects such as necrosis, when the bone actually dies. Luckily, my fracture healed up very nicely for me. Here's the talus:
In that same foot I had a couple fractured metatarsals, plus my big toe was cut off. Yeah, that's right, it was CUT OFF. They did put it back on though
My left foot had about 3 fractured metatarsals. I still have a screw in my left foot, but it doesn't bother me like my right foot.