Toe Woes and Cocktails

So here I  am after a 3rd urgent toe surgery on the toe that keeps on giving… and losing.. A quick synopsis of the toe chronicles: First surgery was 9 weeks ago to correct three toe deformities from rheumatoid arthritis. 2 weeks later the 2nd toe announces she is not perfusing all the way. “It’s […]

Toes and Teeth

Update on the foot surgery. After the main surgery, as you read previously, the hammer toe didn’t do as it was told, and didn’t perfuse all the way to the tip.. Not good. The poor surgeon was upset as in his 20-year career as a foot reconstruction surgeon, he had never lost a toe. “Look, […]

A Million Little Things

My sister-in-law said to me the other day. “It’s always a million little things.” Warning serious bitching ahead. I get that. Since being home from Spain it’s been a million little things and a few big ones. I thought I swore a lot in Spain with the neck-choking bureaucracy. But I’ve had my share of […]

Take a bus and buy your own pee cup?? Wtf?

Porto Portugal here we come! Not really. There is no straight line from A to B here…. Ever…. Im learning patience I really am. I haven’t mastered the siesta yet but im still hoping. Well….Jorge and I arrived at the Alicante airport for a 6 pm 75-minute flight to Porto that goes through Madrid.. Easy […]

The fat American, unkempt doctors and where is the heat?

Well, it’s been a while since I’ve written anything. I’ve been so busy, and a little depressed… eating bread, olive oil, and sipping too much wine every day. The wine is like candy, it’s so cheap, and bread is near free. My hips are not happy. I’ve been to 3 more doctors since my last […]