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Broken toe on Saturday, no ride Sunday, Tuesday morning back on bike!![]() ![]() They take x-rays; hand is ok, big toe on left foot, what a surprise, it's broken. And it's swelling. Fun. Doc tells me to "buddy tape" it, gives me a funny sort of shoe to try to keep the toe from taking much pressure, and tells me someone from podiatry will give me a call in a few days. Unfortunately, as expected, I wasn't able to ride Sunday because I really couldn't get a shoe on that foot. I did try. I did fail. It wasn't just pain; it just wouldn't fit. Foot looked like a puffer fish. Pretty depressing, not being able to ride on a Sunday, and concerned about how much longer I might be out of commission. Visions of casts for 3 or 4 weeks, that sort of thing. This morning I took some pre-emptive action against that possibility, by proving I was nuts enough to ride anyway. I used an older shoe of Kevin's, from back in the day when he fit a much larger size, and rode with that on my left foot, regular shoe on my right foot. Felt a bit weird, sure, but I was able to ride, and that's the important thing. Especially since I wanted some leverage with any doc that might be telling me I couldn't. The doc actually called while I was on the ride; I got back to him later and the news was basically about as good as it could be. First good news- there's nothing they can do for a toe broken where mine was. No casting. Second good new- I really couldn't do anything to it that would make it worse or take longer to recover! Riding was fine, especially since cycling shoes have stiff soles, distributing the pressure. So, things are not so bad. Dodged a close one! |
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