Got some new hardware

[Zweefer]

love the surgeons yes.
When they did my shoulder my surgeon wrote yes on the one and "maybe later" on the other 

Glad to hear things are going well.  keep up with any PT given to you and you'll be back in no time!

[LogicalBee]

I fell out of a tree about 10 years ago and managed to sprain my foot pretty bad.  No breaks thankfully but my family doctor put me on crutches to walk.  So I go to work with the crutches, and the guard stops me at the gate and says NO CRUTCHES ARE ALLOWED at work! 

I said what the …heck?  He said you can hobble into work, but you can’t take crutches.  Unfortunately it was a long hobble from the gate to the office so I complained (naturally ) to my manager and he sent me to the company doctor to get checked out.  So the company doctor (a real old timer) takes a look at me and says you’re a healthy young man, you don’t need any sticking crutches!  If you don’t put some weight on that foot, your muscles will start to degenerate and you’ll end up with an even weaker foot. 

Since the company doctor wouldn’t bend the rules for me, I had no choice but to hobble into work without crutches.  The hobbling put some weight on the foot and low and behold I think the old guy was right.   The foot ended up healing a lot quicker than I expected.

[LazyBkpr]

OMG....  barf....   One laptop ruined!!!!   

[G3farms]

Now I gave a clear warning to avert your eyes!! 

[LazyBkpr]

What?  How do you avert your eyes AND look at the picture?  Right?  Cant do it!  So, yeah, thats just WRONG!!   

[G3farms]

  Like watching a train wreck, don't want to see it but can't turn your head!!

[efmesch]

Now that we're on page 2 of the thread, we can warn people not to turn back to the picture on page 1.----Those who can't resist their curiosity will have to "pay the price".
I confess, when I saw the picture it gave me a bit of a shiver, but I'm glad that the cast is off, the staples are now out and that  the circulation in your toes is back to normal.  Now you have to get back to walking without a limp and no one will feel bad watching as you handle your hives once again.
Three cheers for the "yes" man who did the work.

[G3farms]

Logical you are right about just having to bite the bullet and "do it". Wife bought me a cane yesterday to get me off of the crutches and walker. Makes me use the foot more and more, it is the ticket I think.

Ef you know everybody wants to look at the purple chicken leg 
Yep the "yes" man did a good job (I guess), I was one of the first neighbors the family met when they moved to TN from TX. I was one of the last patience he saw as a private practice doctor, the next day after surgery he moved to a corporate setting in a hospital. He thinks he will like it better since now all he has to do is show up and do his doctor stuff and not worry with anything else (scheduling, payroll, payments, ins. claims, employees, etc.).