I feel like I’ll never walk again
I am doing a good job of putting a happy face. People tell me I sound good. I also hear “You’re young you’ll be fine..” But I am not young. Until I can walk I an not sure that I will ever walk...
View ArticleCat back in boot - week 6
Actually he put me back in the boot last week. I am glad to be able to shower with my foot in the shower. Oh the little things that we used take for granted. I am afraid of moving the time table too...
View ArticlePain and swelling after cold laser
At 8 weeks since surgery, I am at long last walking in the boot. Walking like Frankenstein at a wedding but walking. So much freedom to have use of my hands. I have been to PT 3 times and the last...
View ArticleWant me out of the boot at ten weeks - too soon!
When I saw the doctor yesterday (8 weeks 2 days post op) he said that I am to take the last wedge out this Sunday and the following Sunday ditch the boot for an “airtrainer” - or something like that...
View ArticleGoody 2 shoes
Well, I fought the fear and am in 2 shoes. I decided to take the plunge at my last physical therapy appointment. I can sit at my desk and do ROM exercises now that I am in shoes — and in a...
View ArticleFeets don’t fail me now
Feet are so underrated and so taken for granted. I am at 11 weeks now and am in two shoes for almost 2 weeks. My foot feels very stiff and, of course, hurts. The physical therapist used a patch...
View ArticleEye of newt toe of frog…
It’s been 15 weeks since surgery. Feels like 15 years. I had hoped to be doing better at this point but then again I need to be grateful that I have made the progress I have made. Patience is not my...
View ArticleCankles
I am at week 16 and my calf muscle is coming back but still puny. At the end of the day my ankle is swollen to about twice the size of the good one. For those of you that are ahead of me on this...
View Article20 Weeks and Progress is Slow
The most important thing to know about me at this time is I am a re-rupture. To catch everyone up: my original injury occurred when I dropped a bottle on the kitchen floor and a piece of the glass...
View ArticleBeen a long time since my last post
I am sneaking up on 44 weeks post op. This weekend will be my 1 yr anniversary of the initial injury and first surgery. The second surgery was in July of ’08. That will be a more important...
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