July 25, 2007

My Toe Has Healed (Mostly)

It took five months, 1 surgery, and grueling physical therapy, but today I can announce that my right Great Toe is more or less healed! I still can't bend the toe at the joint where the break was, but I can put weight on it now without crying like a Japanese schoolgirl. Hopefully, ongoing PT will give me back some flexion in the jointspace, but I was told by the surgeon that I'll never have full flexion on that digit again.

Bummer.

But the good news is that I can ride again. I can go back to doing what I love most in the world, and that's riding my bikes through nature and urban, challenging my body, and hanging out with all of my biking buddies after a long day hacking banks!