Dr. E.

I got an appointment with my favorite orthopedic surgeon, whom I have known for a "million" years and was able to see him the following day. I limped in favoring my ankle and told him what had happened. He shot films of my foot and ankle and told me that there were no fractures, just a deep bone bruise and that I should be back to work in two weeks. "Two weeks?" "I'll be back in a week."

Well, two weeks later I could no longer put any pressure on my foot at all and I the swelling and pain was about 5 times worse than my previous visit. Little did I know that this was the beginning of the longest 10 years of my life.