Good News and Bad News

The good news is that Barbara will have to wait on me hand and FOOT. The bad news is I have two broken toes so my summer softball season, that starts in May, doesn't look to good.


I hurt my foot a couple of months ago playing winter softball when I hit first base wrong and jammed my foot. I played the rest of the season, but not without getting runners and some games I had to sit out because of the "discomfort". I didn't change any of my activities and figured during the spring softball break (no pun intended) my foot would heal. I was wrong. Winter softball has been over almost a month and my foot is still sore.


So today I decided to see a local foot quack, I mean doctor. After some x-rays he told me the good news was I did not have three broken bones, but I did have two broken in four places, one almost completely through. (Where do doctors get their sense of humor?) The breaks are on the top of my foot closer to the arch or instep, about four or five inches from the toe.

He told me no softball for at least 4 to 6 weeks and he gave me a "surgical shoe" which should do the trick. I have to see him again the first week in June for hopefully better results.

In the meantime, this is my new look. I think the style becomes me. I'm suppose to wear this "shoe" all day except when I'm in bed.


I asked him about playing golf and he said I could play golf, but with the surgical shoe. He did say if it bothered me too much, golf shoes have a stiffer sole, so they would be a second option, but not a good one.


It's not easy being old. Something is always sore. I think once you turn 55, Aleve is the only vitamin pill required.