Is There Something About Odd Years?

That has been my big question this last week. Overall, I consider myself to be a healthy person. The only time I've ever had a broken anything was when I fractured a knuckle - it really doesn't sound good when you tell people that it happened because you hit a wall when you were trying to hit your brother (true story). Genetics have not necessarily been kind to me as I apparently inherited just about everything I possibly could from my parents. However, my feet have continued to be an issue for me. (The funny thing there is one of the times I've been on crutches was because the doctor told me I had growing pains which was why it hurt to put pressure on them, yet I can shop in the children's section. I guess they didn't get the message that they were growing, but that's okay with me.)

So here's where the odd years things comes into play. Here's a little bit of my history:
1997 - bump pump surgery on the left foot (this would also be the year I fractured my finger)
1999 - bump pump surgery on the right foot - and then I got to rest for several years.
2005 - TMJ jaw surgery
2007 - bump pump surgery on the right foot again

And, I just found out:
2009 - bunion surgery on the left foot.

I've decided my left foot was feeling deprived because it had only been operated on once. I've known things were not feeling great and being on them at the reunion just about killed me. However, I didn't want to complain. I also didn't want to seem like I was in competition with Jen since she just had her third foot surgery and was on crutches. The thing I told the doctor that didn't quite make sense to me was that my foot actually is less bothersome after days in heels than days in flats. He said it was because of the way the toe was situated it actually lessened the bump on it. I guess if that makes sense. (I also discovered I am apparently missing a bone in my foot, but it's not a big deal. I guess it's a bone that some people actually have to have removed so maybe I'm a step ahead there.)

Anyway, that's what I get to do next month. The saddest part is as I'm looking at my calendar, I'm actually a little bit excited about it because the day after will be the first day in a long time that I don't have anything on it. It should not take going under a knife to get that, but things have just been a little chaotic lately - sometimes in a good way and sometimes not so good.

And now I feel better complaining about it. Feel free to share your war stories with me so we can compare notes, but it's not a competition or anything.