[Mark Padgett]

Put me in the club of officials with a leg/foot problem. I have a bone spur on my right heel. After all the spring league games I worked, it really hurt. I saw the doctor yesterday about it and she said if it gets any worse, I might need surgery (last resort). She gave me some good advice about shoe inserts and also taping my foot in a certain "holding pattern" while I sleep so it would be much less painful when I first get up in the morning and walk on it. If the inserts and taping work, I should be OK and might even be able to continue officiating. I know I've made a lot of jokes here about taking meds, but the last think I want to have happen is to get totally reliant on painkillers. I do have a scrip for a fairly powerful one, but I have myself conditioned not to take them unless it's absolutely necessary.