on to a new path
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
yesterday, my right foot was operated on for removal of a couple of plantar warts. i thought that it would be just fine to walk with those warts on my foot but for the past couple of weeks, it's been hurting quite a bit that i had to stop exercising, much less running. just imagine walking with small stones stuck in between your sole and the insole of the shoe.
and i'm getting into a triathlon. i'd have to get those warts removed or else feel the excruciating pain of conical warts pressing on my feet for 10 kilometers of run and 40 kilometers of bike. (ow!)
with that thought in mind, i went to my dermatologist to have it removed. i'd imagine it to be a walk in the park considering that i have an extremely high tolerance for pain. but then again, a number of the nerve endings end in the foot. yipee! it's just like stepping on makahiya.
so when my dermatologist stuck the needle into my foot, it felt like more of stepping on makahiya x10. not too bad but then again, there were four items to be operated on my foot and one of the warts was already deep that it was dealt with for a number of times. even with that amount of anaesthesia, i still felt the needle every time a new dosage was needed for it to be numb. that aside, i left the clinic with flying colors, feeling like a big boy who was brave in his right of passage. (let the chest-thumping begin!)
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as of this moment, honey would probably be flipping through her book of ontological meanings of human malaise (yes, jon, i tend to use ontological loosely these days). i myself have my own theory. it may be due to an inability to direct oneself to ones goal or dare i say, destiny. i will flip it around for a bit: it may be due to one being forced by others to go into a direction where they don't want to go.
and these conversations, i'm willing to be responsible for. i'm glad that the warts got removed and with it, getting rid of those conversations. i remember the story of jacob where God changed his gait forever. i feel like mine has been changed as well. a new walk, so to speak. as a turn a year older in a few minutes, this is a perfect opportunity to set a demarcation in my life, a new walk, a new beginning. i'm definitely off to a new path.
turning 28 has never been this good. it's only once that you experience it anyway.
posted by lex @ 11:20 PM,
