Sidelined!

A funny thing happened whilst walking in the south of France...........I broke the navicular bone in my left foot. This is a large, crescent-shaped bone at the top of the foot close to the ankle, and the fracture goes front-to-back. Didn't trip, or go over on it, or anything - it's a stress fracture, which means it occurred with no definitive injurious action. I spent the whole second week of the vacation limping around with a Tensor on that foot, thinking I had simply been doing too much downhill walking and that my lazy foot was just protesting. Came home, kept walking on it, and it kept hurting. I, being a nurse, of course didn't consider the pain a signal to get it checked out until a good 6 weeks had elapsed since the pain started. The X-ray done in our ER didn't, according to the physician who read it, show a fracture, and I was sent for a bone scan, which did indeed point out the break. So, I am now in an air cast (removable cast which is also sometimes called a robo-boot), on crutches, and ordered to stay off it as much as possible. Great.

So, I ask myself, how on earth will I get my Christmas shopping done? I mean, it's a really good thing that I had already picked up a bunch of things for Sweetie during the year, and he gave me hints for another couple of items. I have to get a parcel together for the BC branch of the family & get it mailed off soon. It doesn't help that my two nephews both have December birthdays, either. At least it's my left foot - and I drive an automatic.

Sitting around the house is boring! I am watching and re-watching DVDs to keep myself from going nutburgers. Can't go for walks - can't go for long shopping trips - certainly can't work, not in a job that calls for a lot of walking every shift - good thing I still have a ton of sick time in the bank. I think I need to call the Divine Miss M. about going for dinner..................

Counting my blessings: interview at ten tomorrow morning for a Surgery position; at least I can take the damned cast off to bathe and sleep.