But

Today was a good day  for my spirits, but the cost to my feet and ankles is turning out to be pretty bad. 

My "bad" foot is doing okay, but the good foot and ankle are throbbing.

Every step is an agony tonight. 

It would be nice if I could say, "I never want to do this or that again, but nothing happened that caused the damage to my "bad" foot.  I didn't trip, or fall, or even walk a long way.  I simply woke up with excruciating pain.

The doctor now says it could be a combination of stress fracture and rheumatoid arthritis, but we won't know for at least another month.

But . . . but . . . but . . .