Well this looks familiar. Bleeding blisters. I rather had to chuckle at the "Jedness" of the post you ran with this picture.

Blister care......1. pop it. 2. drain it. 3. duct tape it.

4. carry on.

You made light of it, but I rememeber when I danced and had these same looking blisters. No easy task to put your shoes back on after you have taken them off. That was the hardest part. It took a while after you began to adjust to the pain. Pretty sure you walked and ran through a lot of the pain, though you'll probably never really say. I know many (most really) would have just quit. You have learned when to stop for a while, and when to go on.