Before and four weeks…

Today, I got to say good-bye to Das Frankenboot!

After four weeks of wearing this five pound contraption on my left foot (and let me tell you, the calf muscles on my left leg are GREAT!), it’s finally gone. And honestly, I’d do a happy dance if I could.

But today I had more x-rays before I got my pardon and I had the forethought to capture my bones for your viewing pleasure. Also, I have a weird fascination with x-rays.

This x-ray shows you my fracture on the day of the ‘incident’ as it’s currently being called. If you look above the mouse pointer, you’ll see the small crack in the fourth metatarsal. If only my grandmother, a former nurse, could see how I correctly used my limited knowledge of the skeletal system.

And today’s x-ray! It looks 10 times worse than the previous because the crack looks wider and it appears that I did more damage to myself since the original ‘incident’. But that’s the wrong line of thought. Because I don’t have the real x-ray image (these were captured with my iPhone), you’d see that there is new bone in the crevice. Also, I’m standing in the second x-ray because I can actually put weight on my foot again – that first x-ray, I was in a small amount of pain. There was no standing.

So, now you’ve had a bit of anatomy fun with Nutcase, I won’t scare you with the ugly (but comfortable) footwear that I’ll be wearing for the next six weeks.

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