In November of 2022, I experienced sudden and uncomfortable foot pain.

In November of 2022, I experienced sudden and uncomfortable foot pain. I thought, oh damn, maybe I have stress fractures from walking all over NYC the weekend before. I ignored it for months. Surely it would go away. Eventually, I dragged myself to a podiatrist. After a series of x-rays, I couldn’t ignore the truth. It wasn’t stress fractures, but rather severe and irreversible osteoarthritis caused by bunions. I’ve had bunions since my twenties and spent 25 years as a hig