"So, hey, what happened to you?"
"Foot surgery."
"That wasn't related to the pool incident."
"No, the pool incident was an accident. The foot surgery was planned."
"What did they do to your foot?"
"They had to remove something that was growing."
"Wow, doesn't sound good."
"Well it's not as bad as the brain surgery Steve told everyone I was getting... He misunderstood my email and told everyone some part of my brain was going to be removed."