Oh GOODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UPDATE

Post by **freetown fred** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 8:00 pm

Today the Vascular surgeon took 1/2 of one of my left foot toes off

All in all--considering-- the feet look pretty good--one concern is the left foot big toe--between the Vascular surgeon & my LPN live in--they are both determined to save it!! this woman is a TROOPER!!

Post by **Freddy** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 8:05 pm

You can still take all your little piggies to market! Wooohooo!

All in all..... much better than we thought a month ago!

Post by **coalnewbie** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 8:08 pm

Did you need anesthesia? I thought you would just chew the parts off. You are getting soft.

Post by **freetown fred** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 8:12 pm

She basically did--no anesthesia--luckily I've had peripheral neuropathy for yrs--silver lining huh??? She used a laser thinggy to quarterize the vessels--pretty interesting I thought once ya got past the smell!!! LOL

Post by **Rob R.** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 8:13 pm

Do you pull to the right when you walk down the hall?

Post by **cabinover** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 8:14 pm

Sorry to hear that news Fred but the alternative isn't good either. You, my friend, have an odd, weird sense of humor for sure.

Post by **coalnewbie** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 8:18 pm

I do have a source of ballet dancing shoes that can be fitted around partial feet. Of course you have diabetic neuropathies. You have been eating that sugary chit Freddy serves up for breakfast every weekend. There is no substitute for clean living.

Post by **warminmn** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 8:25 pm

Well, I guess its good news and Im also glad it wasnt worse. It did sound bad a couple months ago.

I know how rabbits run with a bad foot so keep a straight line!

Post by **CapeCoaler** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 10:53 pm

All things considered...

Ya done good...

You, my friend, have an odd, weird sense of humor for sure.

FF, nah totally normal...

LOL...

Better odd than none at all I say...

Carry on...

Post by **Richard S.** » Thu. Feb. 28, 2019 11:21 pm

You better hope they save it, you can't run without a big toe so no more chasing nurses. The other issue is having your *censored* kicker card revoked.

Post by **samhill** » Fri. Mar. 01, 2019 7:37 am

I worked with a young man that lost some whole & partial fingers in a industrial accident. They took some of his toes to replace missing fingers, one big toe replaced a thumb & smaller toes other partial parts, never asked if he could run but he was a good worker & used the repaired hand well. We nicked named him toehand, one day after some guys asking for new gloves the boss brought them out & handed him one glove & a sock, he cracked up & never caused any trouble for the boss. Bottom line was if you didn't know you never would have guessed by the way he used it to work with. Keep on keeping on, spring is coming.

Post by **Richard S.** » Fri. Mar. 01, 2019 8:20 am

samhill wrote: ↑Fri. Mar. 01, 2019 7:37 am never asked if he could run

Big toe is required to run, without it you have nothing to push off on. When I was about 19 I had one of my big toes crushed in construction accident. It was just the one bone close to the foot but it was crushed. I took my boot off and it was the size of a dime in that area before quickly swelling. While we were in the emergency room my Mother who is a nurse says they will just tape it, Doc comes in says it will need to be operated on. Good guess there Ma!... The one thing he mentioned was I would not be able to run if it didn't heal properly. It doesn't bend in the middle but I never had any problem running.

Post by **titleist1** » Fri. Mar. 01, 2019 8:44 am

Good news FF! You can now truthfully call yourself a 9-1/2 out of 10!

Post by **Richard S.** » Fri. Mar. 01, 2019 9:07 am

If they have to cut the big toe off request they cut them all off except the middle toe, then you can give people the toe.

Post by **Sunny Boy** » Fri. Mar. 01, 2019 9:25 am

Glad to hear you can "count" on keeping the rest.

Paul