Poor me

[cjsmith]

I don't want to give up square dancing. I don't want to.

This foot thing has been an adventure, and I've learned a lot, but I'm ready for it to be over now.

Comments

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Oh CJ, I know. I know the dancing means a lot to you, and I keep hoping that *something* will work for you, to get you past this pain in the feet problem that has plagued you.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*nod*. It wouldn't be so bad if there were painkillers that worked...

[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

"Okay, I've been tried, tested, challenged, learned through suffering, humbled, uplifted, and endured that which cannot be overcome. So take away this damn gom jabbar, huh?"

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that! Gah.

Whiney today. I'm going through the grief process in slow motion, I suspect.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I know. I'll keep up hope for you not to have to give that up. Something has to work sometime.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks. If painkillers worked, I'd just be taking fistfuls of those, but they don't.

Well, maybe that's not true any more. I think the swelling's worse lately but the nerve oversensitivity is maybe a little lower... in which case maybe painkillers might work now. Haven't tried lately.

[apparentparadox]

Well, the fact is that you don't have to give up square dancing entirely. You just might have to give up standing on your feet, and maybe have to drop level a bit.

But, there are people in wheel chairs who do this stuff. You can continue to call. Yeah, you might have to give up tough C4, and you might have to learn a whole new set of cheats :-) , but it is do-able.

Of course, it might mean that you're giving up the very things that make square dancing enjoyable, so it would no longer be fun.

On another topic, I heard about some airplane that is flown completely by hand controls (no foot pedals).

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Some people I was talking to this evening mentioned that possibility. I'd have to get a huge whole lot better at maneuvering that chair!

Oddly enough, driving doesn't seem to hurt it -- I can press with toes or with my arch. I suspect airplane pedals are the same. ("Toe brakes", for me, really are TOES. Some people are tall enough it's the ball of the foot, but I will never have that problem.) :-)

I don't want you to either

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

I'm ready for your foot thing to be over, too. I think that you have learned enough and experienced enough there, and that your foot (foots, feets) should now feel fine.

Please get better.

Re: I don't want you to either

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*nod* yeah. :( I hope I do get better.

[dawnd.livejournal.com]

(hugs) and best wishes for recovery or appropriate resolution.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks. My fingers are crossed -- since that's about the only thing I haven't tried yet. :)

[irascignavojo.livejournal.com]

thinking: . . . o O (If you want some of us could try a religious approach to your problem...)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I would gladly accept, with thanks.

[irascignavojo.livejournal.com]

> This foot thing has been an adventure, and I've learned a lot, but I'm ready for it to be over now.

I only hope your feet agree... and are ready for it to be over soon (in the right meaning of 'over', of course). *hugsifwelcome*

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Exactly -- I'm not quite ready for my feet to give up and die on me! ;-)

*hugsback*

[rampling.livejournal.com]

More *hugs* for you. And offers of ventspace.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Much appreciated. Some days, the whine has just gotta come out.

[aelfie.livejournal.com]

amen to that. and isn't this the perfect place for it?

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It sure is!