Things that suck

[unixronin]

My left little toe has been extremely painful again for several days now.  I've been unable to keep a shoe on for more than a few minutes at a time today.  The distal phalanx^[1] of the toe, no longer rigidly attached to the medial phalanx^[2] since the last surgery (which removed some bone in efforts to reduce the pain from that toe), is pulling sideways off the end of the toe towards my other toes, while the medial phalanx is increasingly pointing outward away from the rest of the foot.

I have a feeling I'm going to have no choice but to have that toe amputated altogether.  It's not contributing anything to my balance, and it's harming my mobility overall because of the pain.  It even keeps me awake at night if I lie on that side.

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[1]  That's "the end bone of the toe."

[2]  That's right, the next bone, "the middle toe-bone" ....

Comments

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

I gotta big, sharp wood chisel and a whole milk crate full of hammers. ;)

-Ogre

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

http://www.ampulove.com/wannabe/cuttings/little_cuts1.htm

I really should not read my friendsfriends page when bored...

I should knit! or read or something.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I personally think there's something wrong with people who have perfectly good, functional body parts like toes, fingers, thumbs, removed just because they feel like it. Body decoration is one thing, but maiming yourself to prove your individuality is pretty stupid.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

No disagreement here. But it is rather like the science fiction books we read where one can change one's form at any time and in any manner. Some people aren't willing to wait and they don't care if it isn't reversible.