free at last....thank God, free at last

I got my boot off on Monday! Yay!! This year, in 2010, I have been in a boot/air cast for nearly half the year, thanks to my 2 foot surgeries. This means half a year of figuring out how to tuck my pants into the boot, limping and walking funny, and only wearing one shoe. Needless to say, it gets old. Fast. So I got x-rays on Monday and my foot looks great. The x-ray tech actually came out from the little lair they stay in, and goes, "Wow, you certainly have quite the hardware assortment in your foot!" I explained that yup, I had foot surgery. She asked if I broke my foot and I explained the whole bunion and failed surgery thing, and she just kept talking about the 6 screws and plate in my foot. Yup, that's me. Bionic foot girl. I guess it's fitting, since I WAS named after Jaime Sommers, the Bionic Woman.

One thing I wasn't prepared for, however, was the pain/discomfort when putting on and taking off shoes. Think about it - when you put your shoes on, your big toe flexes and bends. Mine doesn't. That was the whole point of the surgery, to fuse it so it won't bend. I literally started crying in the doctor's office because I could not figure out how to put my sneakers on. Even now, I dread putting my shoes on and taking them off. I grit my teeth and do it quickly, like ripping off a Band-aid. I walk slowly, and my foot does hurt, but that is to be expected, I'm told. I'm not allowed to swim or run yet, but I can bike.

So yeah, that was my big excitement this week. Other than that, I've been writing articles, working on personal statements and my writing portfolio, and studying for my GREs, which I take next Tuesday. I hate the GREs.