French Bunion Soup

Day 1 Back to the Future Day   I recognize that I have great and perhaps somewhat unrealistic expectations: the surgery, r...

11 Months Post-op   I am counting down the days until my next foot surgery scheduled for October 21, 2015. Now that I know what to e...

5 Months Post-op   April 1st! Just past my five month milestone.  Improvements are now subtle as I journey away from my surgery dat...

  This morning, I had my 4 week post-op.  I went with high hopes that I would receive the good news that I was healing on schedule.  This...

Day 16   I did something bad.  Something that I was warned about so many times.  I got my cast wet.   At my one week post-op, Martin...

Day 14 My second foot unveiling was this morning.  I had a dream last night that I was walking on my cast. In reality, I was hoping...

Bunion surgery is not an easy decision.  For most cases, it is 100% elective.  I've been putting it off for over 10 years. When I final...

Day 10   When I googled "non weight bearing workouts" there wasn't a lot to choose from for people like me. I'm pr...

Day 9   I was expecting this day to come right around now.  I had my pity-party; it's over now.  I was joking  with friends before...

Day 7 My new foot was unveiled this morning when they removed my plaster cast.  Don't scroll down, if you don't want to see ...

Day 6 "Does Paul miss Paul? It must be weird for him to know he's next...", texted my friend Carolyn.  "Lmao, you...

Intro   My co-worker Karen calls them Paul Bunions.  "Poor Paul," she would say as I hobbled around in my scrubs.  Of cours...