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Well, I had bunionectomy of my right foot

Posted By: Well on 2007-07-25
In Reply to: Looking for feedback - siren

when I was transcribing FT from home. I took off the day of surgery and the next day and went back to work with my foot propped up after that. DH took some days off to help me manage. I was only up on the foot for about 5 minutes a day, or whatever it was I was told by the podiatrist.

It didn't feel good on my back, but I didn't figure I had a choice. I think I was working for the Q at the time, so this must have been back in 1998 or 1999.

About 4 months later I took a job in a hospital doing radiology, and any time I felt the first pressure of any swelling, I'd just fling the foot up on the desk and work.




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