Makobob's foot

[makobob]

FOOT be GONE
by Makobob
Foot be gone is a post to help others get over this bump
in their road to Baja. I hope it will help others meet this
challenge head on. Infection in the bone, needs to be
surgically removed if the drugs can not kill it. Sooner is
better as the infection spreads daily.

When it was decided to take the toe, no one did an MRI
to check to sea where the infection had spread. So now
it is foot be gone time. Yes they could SAVE the heel of
the foot but not 100% sure that would get all the infection.
Foot be gone! Many have a little taken and then moore
and moore again. I rather try to get it all at once. Not
just a little at a time.

They will do the amputation just below the calf on the left
lower leg. That should get it all at once. The Dr's like to
save as much as they can. Hence they take a little at a
time. They cut, my body heals in a few months. They cut
again, and I slowly heal. And again, and again.

At almost 70 years of age I have very few years to try to
enjoy my life and Baja. I CHOOSE not to spend them
healing over and over. Foot be gone, let me heal one last
time and enjoy what little time I have left. Baja calls me.

Had I come to this realization last year, I would be walking
on a prosthetic right NOW and not waiting for them to cut
again. Yes it is a mental hurdle to accept this. No it is not
easy. But by planning, and thinking ahead you can get
yourself mentally and physically.

Lets get on with my life. Next week it should be foot be gone.
6 months later I should be walking with one good leg and one
artificial leg. Off to Baja I go, living what is left of my life to
its fullest. Doing everything I can, every day, for as long as
the good Lord gives me. BAJA here I come. Tight Lines amigos.