[Leica] Toe surgery

[leesonpj at gmail.com (Philip Leeson)]

Have to love regional anesthesia.
Things have progressed since the days when a surgeon's skill was judged 
solely by speed of amputation with whiskey and a bullet to bite!

Phil

On Jul 22, 2013, at 10:55 PM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Well, they called it surgery.  I did have to pay a $400 copay since it was 
> listed as surgery.  But it was pretty minor.  I had a bone spur on my 4th 
> toe between it and the 5th toe.  Drove me crazy on our last trip.  I could 
> hardly hike at times.  Bandaged and used a corn protector and managed.  
> So, went to the doctor and said "either cut it out or cut off my toe.  I 
> want to hike"  Fortunately they chose the former.  And the doctor even let 
> me take some pictures.  Not from the best of vantage points, and will 
> never give Ted any competition, but I was happy with what I was able to 
> get.