January 24,
2006
Yucky Big Toes : ...And a Little More Church Lady
A little update: I had to have a minor operation on my big toe because I had an infected (yuck) in-grown nail (double yuck). I kept looking around at all the people in the waiting room, and then I imagined them with their shoes off. I can't imagine why anyone would study so hard to move into the field of podietry. I'm sure this guy has seen some hideous sights.
I waited forever in the waiting room ( 1 hour and 10 min after my appt time). I was reading Lord of the Rings (for the second time), and then I remembered that Matt was picking up the boys from MDO and I wanted to see how things went.
He said the Chruch Lady (so dubbed by Betsy) told him that she wanted to talk to me about something (duh duh duuuuuuh!), but that he could give me the message. She said I shouldn't come in the room next time, but just wait outside the room for someone to see me. She said I upset Chi so much that he wouldn't finish his lunch because he was crying. First off, I can't be sure that he saw me. Second off, if he did see me, of course he cried! She makes it sound like I wanted him to cry, as if I had a choice about how he chose to behave. Yeah, they must be really put out when a baby cries--get a new job!!!
By now, I've been called into the exam room. I take off my shoe and a few minutes later, the doctor comes in and numbs my toe. But first he puts up a screen so that I can't see what he's doing. I guess you might be surprised at who faints dead at the sight of a needle being poked into their toe.
The operation was really short and relatively painless. It wasn't long before I was on my way to the drug store for more antibiotics and some epsom salts. My toe stayed numb until right about the time I was getting in the car to go home. My lead foot was noticeably lighter on the drive home. I've noticed that as long as I'm sitting with my foot propped up, there is little pain, but if I'm up and around---OOWWWEEEE! *sigh* I think I deserve another doughnut...
Posted by tessa at 18:51
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Re: Yucky Big Toes
Doughnut away baby. Ingrown toenails are the worst.
andrea
Posted by:
Andrea
at January 26,2006 10:46
Re: Yucky Big Toes
I didn't know about your toe! I'm so sorry-that's pretty painful, I hear. I wish I'd brought you food or something (of course I can still do that)-that's what family's for. Anyway, I just have to tell you (again) what a gift you have for writing. I just loved your thoughts in the waiting room. I often wonder things like that (what other people's feet look like and why a person would WANT to stare at icky feet all day) but I never quite seem to have the ability to write it or say it quite like you do. I wouldn't worry about the Church Lady. You know, sometimes, even Christians lose sight of important things. In my job, occasionally, I will find myself being snappy or negative, and I just have to stop and think for a minute, "Am I seeing this from God's perspective?" The sad thing is that there really may be a lot going on in her life that we don't know about, and unless we pray for spiritual discernment, we won't know what it is, so we won't have the opportunity to minister to her as Jesus would have. Not that it makes it right, but sometimes, when people do that to me, I get hurt before thinking about how God sees her. It's discouraging sometimes, so I've really been praying that I would begin to see situations and people from God's perspective and not our fleshly perspective. It works! It works amazingly well, in fact. God can completely change your view about something when you give Him the opportunity. I encourage you to try this, you'll be so amazed, I know I was. Love ya. Kisses to Logan and Chi
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Deana
at February 01,2006 16:26
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