This Wednesday, Feb 12 I'm having four screws removed from my foot: The screws were necessary to repair an injury I sustained November 22 when my ladder slipped as I was cleaning the gutters around the eaves of my house. The ladder fell straight down while I veered to the right. Catching my left foot between the ladder rungs my foot stayed locked in place as I fell sideways. The force of the fall pushed my metatarsal bones upward and to the outside. Here's what my foot looked