doug's blog
Giving You the Business
At the end of April I ended six months of unemployment by going back to work for a friend of mine who owns his own high performance computer company.
I was designated, "Director of Operations." I've been charged with wearing many hats, one of which is marketing. This includes designing the new company logo. A couple of years ago, I had spent some time on the company's logo, coming up with several designs. But we never finalized it, and I was soon drawn into another job.
This time, with the fast expansion of the company's business, we didn't have time to waste. We sat down, discussed the company, went through my designs and picked one. I then took it to a graphic designer to get it set up and "graphic-ized." We were pretty happy with the result.
I took the resulting files and imported them into VectorDesigner, a program I got through MacHeist for my new laptop. With that, I built our business cards and had them printed up. Here's mine:
A Pain in the ... Heel.
Well, it's not gout.
I've been having pain in my left heel for a few days now ... about a week or so. When I wake up, it's excruciating. If I stretch out my calf, it goes down, but it comes back if I'm inactive for any length of time.
My wife's stepfather had a strange issue that was similar. He had pains in the bottom of his foot, but when he saw the doctor, they x-rayed and found that he had several broken bones in the top of his foot. I didn't think that this was my issue, but I started to have concerns as it continued day after day.
The other day I had a bit much to drink, and the next morning it was the worst of all. I began to think it might be gout, as I understand alcohol exacerbates the issue. I started thinking that perhaps having a broken foot wouldn't be so bad -- I'd rather have a cast or whatever for a short time over having a lifetime of gout pain.
Well, I thought I might just need to see a doctor to find out, but I don't really have one, so my wife emailed a friend of ours that is a doctor to get a referral. My wife described my issue and here's the response:
