It's been a long while, the forest plot and the garden have both become invaded with lots and lots of weeds.
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Shot from afar, the usual place
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Close up of the area where I de-rooted
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| South-west corner. Bamboo stacks can barely be seen |
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West side bordering Mr. O's plot
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I think it has been almost 4 months... and the reason is that I have not been able to go out and do anything. Not because of the Corona stay home thingy, but because I managed to kick the foot of the table at home real hard which broke my middle toe.
I had no idea that a tiny bone in the middle of the foot can be so important in moving around. In the beginning couple of weeks I didn't know it was broken so I limped around and did all the normal stuff I do. It was a bit swollen for 2 days and then it just hurt a little especially if I leaned onto my foot, but no big deal. So I assumed it was just the extra hard bump into the table, and that it was fine now.
After it continued hurting past the second week, and I also got stabbing sharp pains when walking, that I got worried and went to the doctor. He took X-ray and said my middle toe is broken. The broken bone is right in the middle of the foot so there is no way to reach it though. No surgery, just let it heal by itself. It will take a few months though he warned.
He cast the whole front of the foot, using the surrounding toes as support for the middle one. Thus started my sitting at home days. I could still walk, but very slowly and with great difficulty. I pretty much just sit in front of the computer and watched my belly get bigger and bigger every day.
I went to the doctor for intermediate checks every few weeks, and just recently I finally got to take the cast off, and start using my foot like normal again. So I will slowly and gradually go back to reclaim my land from the wild that has overtaken it.
Here are the X-rays in the order I took them. The broken bone is the third bone of my middle toe (I think it's called Proximal Phalange), so it is inside the foot itself, not the toe. The broken part is where the phalange connects to the metatarsal.
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| First one, 3 weeks after being broken |
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| Second one, 1,5 months. Something seems to grow in there |
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2,5 months. Definitely healing back. Amazing
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| 3,5 months. Not completely ok, but almost |
