...like Job in the Bible...with friends like me, who needs enemies?
Still...it's good to know what you're dealing with, and then stop focusing on that aspect and focus on what you want. That way you're in touch with the reality of the situation. Still working on that, but what else can you do?
I think the people who get those terrible complications are mostly the seriously malnourished, neglected, down-and-out sort of people, you know? A reasonable well-nourished, healthy person isn't going to go totally down the tubes, I doubt, but still, losing range of motion, etc., is something to take seriously. It creeps up on you.
The Time Traveler's Wife sounds good, I shall have to read it.
And see, you've
already read a love story with
feet as the central motif. How many people can honestly say
that?! You've got foot karma, I just know it! This is going to be big, Angela, BIG I tell ya! This is bigger than the both of us, bigger even than our feet!
Danger Man sounds really interesting and sexy. And he eats his broccoli. Hang on to 'im.
PS: Do you have Morton's toe too--second toe longer than first toe? That predisposes to foot problems, you know.