Not so Wild Dog

I have had heel pain for a number of months. I had seen my surgeon in June telling him that I was experiencing this pain, and was told that the screws he had used were biodegradable and that some people did in fact experience pain as the body absorbed them. He said to come back after the nine month mark if I was still having the pain. After a summer of walking in the corn fields, and a fall of climbing up and down the ladder of combines, I went to see my surgeon again. It appears I have a stress fracture of the calcaneous. He stated that the mere action of putting a screw into a bone is going to cause a stress fracture, but that it would heal, and the Xrays taken today showed that indeed the bone was healing. However, it wasn’t as far along as it should have been, which most likely has been a product of the amount of walking that I have to do for my job. 10 to 12 miles a day on the uneven ground of cornfields, has kept it irritated and inflamed. I was given the choice of cast or boot for six weeks. There was no choice given about being non-weight bearing. Knowing myself as I do, I chose the cast. It is the only sure thing to keep me from cheating.
I know from reading these blogs everyone is in a hurry to get out of the cast, get out of the boot, and get on with life. More power to you if it works, but be careful. Better to take the time and do it right the first time.

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