Perspective

When I first injured my foot back in July, I scoured the internet looking for similar experiences so that I can self-diagnose and get a sense of what I was dealing with. I managed to figure out based on my symptoms and lack of movement in my big toe that I had severed the EHL Tendon on my right foot.

Medically there wasn’t much out there with the exception of Wikipedia’s definition. I did find a stupendous personal account from a woman who documented her experience in a medical journal. My intent was not to document the medical process of what I was going through, rather the physiological and psychological aspects of this event on my life. I wanted to share these experiences with some of my close friends, family, colleagues and whoever happens to come across my journal. It would also help me keep my sanity as I sit here day after day confined at home.

Some of the conversations I had previous to my surgery were in relation to how lucky I was going to be to stay home and chill, watch television, movies etc. These were never really my sentiments; I rarely watch television and I’m not the stay home type. I prefer to be out and about-yes even at work. I enjoy my work and the environment I work in. I miss my time and association with my colleagues.  I am lucky that I have a wonderful support unit at home; otherwise this journey would have been much more cruel and depressing than it already is.

I will continue to give the grim and glamorous details on my foot and all the emotions involved with it. I by no means take pleasure in displaying my feet on the internet. I don’t really want to end up on any freaky foot fetish websites. LOL! However for all intensive purposes the photographs will be displayed from time to time. I will include some of the interactions I’ve had with people and how I’m affected by them and all that is around me.

I want to say Thank you to those who have been reading and I hope you’re getting a feel for my humour, as dry as it may be…

Perspective, it’s all about perspective.