Thanks for the support and "best wishes" everyone.
As Abster said, I voluntarily underwent double foot surgery on October 12th to fix tailors bunions that were causing me quite a bit of pain. I'm not usually one to complain but I have been dealing with them for years and after stepping up the amount of time I spend in boots they became quite unpleasant. I took the plunge to have them both done at once to minimize the downtime even though it's a bit inconvenient, as opposed to doing one at a time which would have had me down for 6-8 months - can you imagine?
The surgery involved doing "Z" cuts behind the second knuckle on the pinky which effectively created shelves so that they could reallign the bones and screw them back together then shave off the excess bone. Sounds like fun doesn't it?!! They told me to plan on AT LEAST 6 weeks in a wheelchair, with light hiking (hopefully) in eight, and "full on" in 10-12 with any luck.
Anyway, a lot of thinking and carefull planning has helped to make this fairly easy to deal with (I am single and live alone - might as well add to the challenge right?!!) and things are going better than I imagined they would. The worst part is not being able to drive anywhere, those of you that know me probably realize that I'm usually going a million miles an hour, and my job has me driving 1000+ miles a week, so this is a big change of pace for me.
If you happen to be in the area of Okemo Mountain (or Ascutney, or Killington) stop by and take me for a ride! I'll even put you up for a night or two if you happen to be up skiing and need a place to stay in exchange for getting me out of the house!
Steve
