You should see me trying to move around The Home Office since I got home from the orthopedist the other day. They fitted me for a walking cast which is a fiberglass cast from just below my left knee to the arch of my foot. I got a boot to put over the foot end of the cast so that I can walk on it.

The problem is that the cast protrudes underneath my foot further than the soles of any of my shoes. I hobble worse with the cast on my leg than I did before I knew that I had broken my fibula. The problem is more annoying when my right foot doesn't have a shoe on it at all.

I told Chris Nolan this story and she suggested that I get a cane.

A relative who wants to remain nameless (because people at work discovered prior references to him on Operation Gadget and started discussing his life outside of work) is bringing a couple of canes over here this afternoon for me to try. I'll try to report on whether either of them help me to more effectively move around the house.