Oh, it’s been a long and drawn out ordeal....fractured my foot 1/19....8 months later it healed. However, ongoing pain gave way to cortisone shots (wow! Those hurt!)......given diagnosis of severe arthritis with little chance of being able to handle surgery (Mayo orthopedic surgeon). I got another opinion in 6/2020 and this surgeon (with outstanding reputation from Twin City Orthopedics) said my foot could manage the fusion surgery and eventually my foot would not tolerate anymore shots.....which I hated anyway. Thus, I got the surgery two weeks later and ever since I have been working my way back! I can now walk a slow, but steady mile in my own tennis shoes, on an even surface without an orthodic and with less pain than before the surgery. Twice a week PT therapy for the next 8 weeks and hopefully, my foot will allow me to do things I haven’t been able to do for SO long! Thx for asking and caring❤️ Take care!

Oh, I guess I missed the part about coping....taking one day at a time; bad days will pass; nothing can break my spirit if I keep myself believing that; humor; and trying to stay detached from too much expectation....what will be will be.....Family, friends, and reflection.....