OUCH! In a big way

As I write this, I have one foot propped up. Last week I had developed a sensitive spot on my big toe. After hoping that it would get better (I know, it’s a guy thing), I finally went to the doctor who prescribed antibiotics and sent me to a surgeon to lance it open. He looked at it, injected the toe with a local anesthetic that went right into the sensitive part of the toe. I hit a 9.5 on the pale scale. If there had been a tree branch to bite down on, I would have cut the thing in half. That was Friday.

Today the pain is better but the swelling hasn’t gone down. The surgeon was surprised too. When he cut it open, no pus came out. Oh, it bled well. There just wasn’t any of the nasty stuff that was supposed to come out. He prescribed more antibiotics. So now I’m a walking pharmacy.

More not-so-good news: As I was calling my parents (who were vacationing in Florida – you can do that when you’re retired), my dad tells me that he just got back from the hospital. He was in for observation after the day before having shortness of breath, chest pains and dizziness. Yeh, we all know he has heart problems. It’s just not what you want for your vacation.

So, a short blip for today. I’m seriously hoping that the next entry will be some GOOD news. Still, things could always get worse. I could loose my blog privileges! :-)