A few months ago I rode to pick up my youngest son from school, bringing him home for the summer.   As we all rode in the cab of a Toyata pickup, we were very comfy.  But as I got out of the truck, I noticed my foot hurt.  The one that had been bent at an angle and squished in the floorboard alaong with my son’s big feet.

My little toe was purple.

But would turn back to the color its suppose to be, once I got up and walked around.

Next thing that happened,  was it became uncomfrotable to wear shoes.   So I bought a pair of slippers from Wal-mart that looked like pink pigs.  And walked around wearing those.  They’re splattered with white paint from painting the ceilings. 

Pain began waking me up at night.  I’d get up and walk.  I’d also put my foot above the heating vent to warm it, while standing propped up against the wall.  Some nights I actually feel asleep standing up like that.  I’d wake up when my cat crawled from the mantle onto my shoulder to see what I was doing.

I went out and bought larger size shoes.

I went to the chiropractor to get my back adjusted, as the pain ran from my hip to my toe.  Only to have my back out of adjustment within an hour of being adjusted.    I could walk for an hour but at the end of that hour, every muscle in my calf and thigh would be rolling and cramping.   And my little toe was still purple.

One of the things going on during this time, is I’m celebrating.  Because if I can feel pain, it means the neural pathways damged during my strokes have healed.  I cana be tickled about feeling pain, when before there was only numb.

What’s up with my little toe?

Turns out there’s a nerve bundle at the junction of my 3rd and 4th toe, that is inflamed…irritated..and has swollen into a bulge.  It’s the bulge that has been hampering circulation to my little toe.   Once the Dr. gives me a shot in the swollen nerve bundle, everything will be fixed.

And I can go get my back adjusted and it will stay put.

I manifested being uncomfortable with having a lot of nerve…..

Hell…no wonder it’s been hurting to drive with a clutch.  Everytime I put in the clutch, I’m coming down right on top of the inflamed nerve bundle.   Eeeeeeoooooowwwww….

ISN’T IT GREAT TO BE ALIVE!!!!!