broken bones and sore teeth

Grrr, the computer just took away all of the work I had just done with no warning. Clearly a sign that I should take a break from working to blog.
A year ago this past weekend I broke my foot. That resulted in me flying to India with my foot in a great big cast; truly the scariest (stupidest?) thing I've ever done. So, I can say with expert knowledge that broken feet and India don't mix well...there are stairs everywhere! That said, I sometimes feel like the fact that I really couldn't do much of anything on my own that first month here; and even the month after I got my cast off my leg was pretty weak and achey; if that actually in an odd way had a positive influence on my time here.
See, I was so frustrated with not being able to do anything that I set about, once I could walk well, to see something of Delhi every weekend. I was determined to get out and about simply because I could. As a result I have seen Delhi inside out and backwards and I feel totally confident hopping in an autorickshaw and getting around.
I mean if I had to go back and do it all again I definitely would rather not have broken my foot (the monsoon rains and the humidity are making it so achey again) but I can't help but wonder how much I would have explored if that hadn't happened. Did being overwhelmed with dealing with my foot actually take away 50% of the overwhelmed feeling I would have had about being here?
Just a thought a year after it happened.
And how did I celebrate the anniversary of that painful moment? Why with another one, of course. Last Friday I got a root canal, well I guess 1/2 of one, I have to go back today for the dentist to finish it off. And on behalf of everyone out that that is as completely scared of the dentist as me (I've had a few quite painful moments) I can say that in my experience the pain before the procedure is way worse than the actual procedure. I mean it isn't fun, but it isn't that bad.
So I am hoping that a year of maladies has come to an end. Originally I was only going to stay for a year here which would have meant that my time would have been bookended by the foot and the tooth; but now I'm staying on for a few more months so here's hoping that when I leave forever that I will be in good health.