Rankled by the Ankle

 I've been gathering all the "stuff" that I used for the prior surgery, plus some new items. I'm getting ready to hunker down in the living room for the non-weight bearing period.  Last time, I bought an inflatable mattress that was a piece of junk. I pondered just trying to sleep in a recliner that is quite comfortable. I decided it probably won't do, though, so I bought a new piece of junk mattress. I hope it isn't quite that bad! One new twist this time around - I have a very active, fairly large dog now. I had an inactive large dog before. I'm not sure what she'll think of the bed, if she'll damage it, if she'll expect me to play as much as I used to prior to surgery, or how it'll go.  The foot is on and off. If I'm inactive, it feels pretty good with only occasional pain. But if I do much at all, it hurts like heck. We took a one night road trip a couple of hours away just to get away from it all. I did some driving, and the foot o...

It has been over three years since a post was made on this blog. This is a good thing. The surgery to remove a heel spur on my left foot worked well. Although the recovery took a long time, eventually I was no longer experiencing any pain outside of "normal" pain everyone probably feels from being on their feet for a long time. The scar is minimal on my left foot. All is (was) good.  Back when I was first diagnosed with my left foot heel spur and Achilles tendon issue, the doctor told me I also had one on the right. It didn't bother me at the time so it wasn't a problem. This summer, though, I started to feel a bit of an issue on the right side. It wasn't too problematic, though; just concerning. In early October, though, I was taking a simple step in the hallway, turning my right foot a bit at the same time. I immediately felt a stabbing, stinging pain in my right foot...to the point that I yelled out a bit. It also felt like something inside (tendon, ligament) s...