Booting Across Europe

In about 40 hours I will be boarding a flight to Europe for a little vacay. It will be 10 days full of adventure starting with 3 days by myself in Vienna before heading over to Budapest for the wedding festivities (college roomie is getting married). Needless to say, I've been pumped for this trip since I booked the flight back in October. Unfortunately, there has been one small set back. I will be wearing a boot. Womp womp.

For the past while my foot will randomly decide it wants to hurt to the point of almost being immobile. This will last anywhere from a day to a few weeks depending on how restful I am. Well, Saturday, it began again but this time it hurt far worse than any other time. My parents urged me to go to the doctor so they could take xrays and whatnot. So after being convinced and bribed with breakfast, I went in today. The ER doc I saw this morning thought he had narrowed it down to Morton's Neuroma and referred me to a Podiatrist. Thankfully, I was able to sneak in an appointment today. After going through the typical Dr office trick (when they take you back to the room on time then make you wait an hour to actually see the Dr.) I was able to chat with the specialist. He was old, nice, excited about my trip, but utterly confused by my hurting foot. He instantly ruled out Morton's Neuroma (Thank you Jesus!) in a that-guy-has-no-idea-what-he-is-talking-about but wasn't certain about what was wrong.

His best guess is a stress fracture that isn't showing up on the xrays or some strained ligaments. Either way, he threw me in a boot wrote me a prescription and sent me on my way.

I will now be booting across Europe with a nice stash of percocet so I can't complain!