Three-year retrospective: What should you know about your broken foot?

I made this blog in 2015 when I broke my foot and was depressed about it. I worried and agonized about its progress every single day, and I stressed about every decision.

Looking through my posts, I can say I now feel differently about some things than I did at the time, and the extra three years has given me a better perspective. So, I thought it would be a good idea to do a broad post with my overall takeaways from the experience:

2 year+ check-in: My broken foot is a (mostly) distant memory

I broke my foot back in late 2015 and now 2018 has just begun. So… do I still think about my once-broken foot and does it affect me?

Blue Apron vs. Hello Fresh vs. Plated

When I broke my foot and it was hard to shop, I relied on Instacart for groceries, but I also started using meal kit services. Basically, they send you the fresh ingredients you need, pre-portioned out, so you can follow a recipe along and make a real dinner.

I’ve tried a few of these and they are super convenient — not just from a shopping standpoint, but if you’re indecisive like me, they plan your meals for you. I’ve tried four of them out to date — Hello Fresh, Plated, Blue Apron and Purple Carrot — so I thought I’d give a review of my experience.

One year+ check-in: Back to normal

I’ve neglected this blog for a long while and the reason, as you might be able to guess, is that everything is just kind of normal now. But let me update you on how I’ve been since my last post…

Week 20: Goodbye broken bone, hello plantar fasciitis

Welp, my foot has continued to hurt and I finally went to a doctor. I knew what googling my symptoms told me, but I decided to speak with an expert anyway. He agreed with Google: I have developed plantar fasciitis in my formerly broken foot.

It turns out, not using your foot at all for like 5+ weeks can actually kind of mess it up. Who knew?

Week 15: No pain, no gain

Well, it’s been nearly four months since I broke my foot and I thought I’d feel just like I did before, but not exactly.

Week 11 check-in: Almost back to normal. Almost.

Wow, I just looked at the calendar to title this blog post and notice it’s been more than 11 weeks since I broke my fifth metatarsal. That’s nearly three months and only now am I starting to feel normal.

Unfortunately, it’s still just “almost.” I definitely still don’t feel the way I did before I broke my foot, which is unfortunate.

Week 9: The X-ray is finally showing progress

I have to admit, I feel a little ambivalent about my doctor visit today. On one hand (or foot, ha ha), I felt so disappointed to still clearly see the fracture. But on the other hand, it is actually finally filling in, my first time with indisputable progress on an X-ray, so I suppose I need to take the victories where I can get them!

Week 7: Here’s how my first week of walking without crutches went

It’s been a whole week and I’ve walked on two feet without crutches. Yes, my X-ray does still show, clear as day, that my fifth metatarsal is very, very broken. But my doctor told me to start walking on it in my boot, so I have.

It’s been both bad and good. All in all, it feels like the more I walk, the better my foot feels but the first few days were pretty rocky.

Six week X-ray: No change, still broken

I kind of wanted to cry right in the doctor’s office but I didn’t. The X-ray looks just the same as it did when I first broke my foot six weeks ago. Still very broken. No signs of any new bone growth.