Versatility of the Human Foot when injured

[TXyakr]

Many animals have 4 paws and can get by on just 3 if one is injured or wounded but if one of our two feet is injured it really slows us down. However, I learned recently that if it is only a minor wound on the heel for example I can pivot most of my weight to the ball of my foot and still get by and move significant distances for many days fairly well.

Long story but my daughter dropped some Corelle ware which shattered about a week ago, and did not tell me, I only wear shoes when I absolutely must like to work or church or some business establishments. So I got a few shards of the glass/procelain in my foot most came out but one tiny piece eluded me. About 5 days later I decided to waste $25 and go to the Doctors office let a P.A. and nurse have a crack at it. What a waste of time. Numbing and blood clotting fluid shots and a lot of fuss poking around they could not find it, then she sent me for X-rays. The tech and I saw what appears to be a tiny splinter of glass up in there. If only my Doctor of 25+ years was not out of town. He has removed many strange foreign objects I get poked into me from wilderness expeditions, one even with some staph infection that was really messy. Waiting for a phone call and learning to adapt and be a versatile human on 2 legs, but wishing I had 4 and was reduced to 3.

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Tiny black dot that looks like a spider bite is where glass splinter went in then calloused over after a few days.

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Examples of other glass splinters of Corelle dinnerware on top of scale for size, compare to teeth of piranha, also not pleasant to step on and have break off inside your feet BTW. Fun memories from when my sister and I caught them on the Jari River in Northern Brazil.

[hunter63]

Well, let that be a lesson to you and Cody.....If God wanted you to go bare foot, he wouldn't have invented flip-flops.....LOL

Sorry couldn't resist.....

Foot problems not only effect your feet, but your back, legs , hips...... and whole body gets out of whack.

I get gout form time to time.....making a bathroom trip is a big deal....

Hope you are feeling better.

[madmax]

25 bucks for a doctors visit? Criminy. Is this a time travel post?

[Rick]

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

[TXyakr]

Medical visits cost more than $25 but that is the the insurance co-pay and the much higher annual insurance payment is required by law and part of employment regardless if my family uses benefits or not. If I sat in a comfy chair with shoes on all day and night I would probably use medical care more but it would be for heart disease and diabetes or something else instead.

Hunter63 is correct about walking all wanky messing up other parts of the body like your spine. My chiropractor who I had not seen in years has a daughter on my daughter's dance/drill team in H.S. perhaps he will give me a better discount now. Doubt it. He recognized me and even remembered my name when he saw me at a social a few weeks ago. I was like I'm fine I have not been lifting heavy logs or dozens of kayaks incorrectly recently, all lined up. Now a tiny piece of glass knocks me out of alignment, OH the irony.

So do 3 legged dogs need a Chiropractor or more pain medication?

Just called asking for my older Doctor he will still be out of town for 10 more days, so I am in the hands to un-experienced young hack P.A. and other Doctors who have no clue until then. Must pay $40 for a foot specialist to cut it out. WOW when this is all over I could have bought a great pair of Keen sandals, and not the used ones at an REI garage sale LOL. But barefoot is just better, get a sharp re-bar of steel thru your sole and it can be difficult to cut off your boot to save foot, also you don't sense what is under you as well, and wet boots can really slow a person down. Once a friend lost his boots on Rio Chama in hip deep mud, I had my sandals Carabinered to kayak got in and out no problem, did not lose anything. My boots for hiking up the box canyons were in a dry bag just incase, safe and sound.

[NightSG]

Must pay $40 for a foot specialist to cut it out.

I got another clean scalpel blade and some lidocaine gel.

[Rick]

Heck, I'll pay the $40 just to watch NightSG do the surgery. I've been told he's an operator. So......

[NightSG]

Heck, I'll pay the $40 just to watch NightSG do the surgery. I've been told he's an operator. So......

Did pretty much the same thing to myself to get a metal shard out last week. Not all that uncommon, since I sometimes wander through the shop without stopping to pull my boots on first. Also a lot of hand surgeries from not being careful enough when gathering prickly pear fruit.

[Rick]

You know, if you do it once, okay. Twice, maybe. But if this is not all that uncommon then you probably need to rethink your approach. (Hint: The solution is in your post).

[hunter63]

"ooh, ouch, ah, ah ouch, ooh, dern, ouch, ...ooh, aha, ah, ouch"
Where are them boots...?...ooh, ouch, ah, ah ooh, ouch......

[NightSG]

You know, if you do it once, okay. Twice, maybe. But if this is not all that uncommon then you probably need to rethink your approach. (Hint: The solution is in your post).

Nah; if God didn't want us to get metal shards in our feet, He wouldn't have given us sharp knives to cut them out with.

[TXyakr]

I'm with you NightSG the more objects poke in the flesh the more practice we get for when we are actually out in the wilderness with few options and must do it with a sharp knife or razor for real. A butterfly bandaid and then some duct tape seals up most minor cuts or holes fairly well, just open as soon as you are done trekking so they can breath again.

The more I walk around the more this tiny shard seems to work its way in and it calluses over making the pain less noticeable. As long as there is no infection the body compartmentalized things like this. I last had a tetanus shot in 2004 so should be fine. NightSG you are only 2-3 hours away. My brother-in-law is a good vet surgeon, normally only an hour away but he is currently in Brazil, so I am out of luck there. Vets are much better than most young General Practice Doctors because they have more actual practice doing REAL stuff.

I was all over the lake this morning in sandals, helped with water safety on two triathlon practice swims, worked one by myself because everyone was gone on vacation. 3 paddling down the Grand Canyon for 3 weeks on the water. We have hired life guards from Denton for next week. I am very lonely, that is worse than glass in the heel. Wish I was floating down the Colorado River instead, even with glass in both feet it would be better.

Should post photo of them putting in below Lake Powell to let me see what I was missing...

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Raft + Kayak put-in for 280 mile float down Colorado River at Grand Canyon. Sent by a friend a few days ago, it took 15 years to get this private permit.