My second surgery has been scheduled for next Friday......out-patient. I have been told that it is a much easier surgery, recovery is not as bad as the first one. I should be up and walking the next day.
On one hand, I am excited they are taking the screws out.....means I am healing, and my foot is well enough to support itself without the screws helping....
On the other hand......not looking forward to being down for the count again....I mean, I just did this surgery thing. I hope I don't back-slide too much.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Physical Therapy, Part II
Well, after 2 weeks of physical therapy, I am able to walk on one crutch, and it sort of looks like I am really walking. Before, when I tried, I had this weird, hopping thing going on. But now, it looks smooth, and I look like I am really walking. I do think physical therapy is helping....it is restoring my confidence, and I am working those muscles in my foot and getting stronger....
...but the magic elixir has been going to the pool. Just getting in the pool and swimming has loosened up my foot more than anything. I practice walking in waist to chest high water...which is no easy task. I practice standing on both my feet with equal weight....you don't think you will forget how your feet work, but you do! So, I am really re-learning how to stand and how to walk....the water is perfect!!!
Also, the big news.......Mama is DRIVING! I have this special shoe that I wear in the car, and I can drive.....I can take Mo to the park....silly to think that I am driving around the corner, but it has opened up a whole new level of freedom for us.
LOVES IT......
...but the magic elixir has been going to the pool. Just getting in the pool and swimming has loosened up my foot more than anything. I practice walking in waist to chest high water...which is no easy task. I practice standing on both my feet with equal weight....you don't think you will forget how your feet work, but you do! So, I am really re-learning how to stand and how to walk....the water is perfect!!!
Also, the big news.......Mama is DRIVING! I have this special shoe that I wear in the car, and I can drive.....I can take Mo to the park....silly to think that I am driving around the corner, but it has opened up a whole new level of freedom for us.
LOVES IT......
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Physical Therapy
So, I have been in the boot for 4 weeks, and last week got the go ahead to start putting weight on the foot, which is a load of crap. After not walking for 8 weeks, it is HARD to just start walking like I never stopped. My leg is so weak, that everytime I try to stand on it, my knee buckles. My foot feels strange....doesn't hurt, more like electric shocks that go through it. I have no confidence, or desire to really push myself.....too afraid.
Tomorrow, I start physical therapy. I am going 3 times a week for 6 weeks....I am hopeful that they can help me get over this hurdle. I want to have more mobility....I don't expect miracles, just able to get out of the house. I feel very stuck here, and I know Mo feels that a well. During the week, we can only leave if someone takes us, and that doesn't happen too often. Although, people have been great about coming over and visiting. It just isn't the same when we have the urge to go do something, and we really can't!
Will let you know how PT goes.....I am sure I will be cussing after I come home....
Tomorrow, I start physical therapy. I am going 3 times a week for 6 weeks....I am hopeful that they can help me get over this hurdle. I want to have more mobility....I don't expect miracles, just able to get out of the house. I feel very stuck here, and I know Mo feels that a well. During the week, we can only leave if someone takes us, and that doesn't happen too often. Although, people have been great about coming over and visiting. It just isn't the same when we have the urge to go do something, and we really can't!
Will let you know how PT goes.....I am sure I will be cussing after I come home....
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Wonderful Day
Week 5 after the "injury"
I went to the doctor and got x-rays and the dreaded pink cast off. Before I went, I was hoping that my foot was healing, but you don't really know until they take the x-rays. I was also hoping I could get a removable cast. I wasn't naive enough to think I was ready to walk on it, but I was planning on talking the doctor into to put on a boot by PROMISING I wouldn't walk on it.....cross my heart.
I also knew there was a possibility that I would be put into another hard cast anywhere from 4 to 7 more weeks. That possibility was weighing on me. I didn't think I could handle not even being half way done with the cast.
No convincing needed! After looking at the X-Rays.....my foot is looking better than good. Healing nicely. The doctor (on his own, no begging at all) gave me the boot. I can take it off to work on range of motion with my ankle, and to shower. I can take it off to sleep. I am almost giddy!
I can start walking, with the boot on, in 3 weeks. So, I will have almost a full month of walking before I go back to school.
When I got home from the doctor....I took that thing off, and just enjoyed letting my leg feel air. It was brilliant! Took a nice long bath last night, and scrubbed all the grossness off my leg....and shaved it! I am still too scared to touch my foot, so I just ran water over it. It was glorious.
I went to the doctor and got x-rays and the dreaded pink cast off. Before I went, I was hoping that my foot was healing, but you don't really know until they take the x-rays. I was also hoping I could get a removable cast. I wasn't naive enough to think I was ready to walk on it, but I was planning on talking the doctor into to put on a boot by PROMISING I wouldn't walk on it.....cross my heart.
I also knew there was a possibility that I would be put into another hard cast anywhere from 4 to 7 more weeks. That possibility was weighing on me. I didn't think I could handle not even being half way done with the cast.
No convincing needed! After looking at the X-Rays.....my foot is looking better than good. Healing nicely. The doctor (on his own, no begging at all) gave me the boot. I can take it off to work on range of motion with my ankle, and to shower. I can take it off to sleep. I am almost giddy!
I can start walking, with the boot on, in 3 weeks. So, I will have almost a full month of walking before I go back to school.
When I got home from the doctor....I took that thing off, and just enjoyed letting my leg feel air. It was brilliant! Took a nice long bath last night, and scrubbed all the grossness off my leg....and shaved it! I am still too scared to touch my foot, so I just ran water over it. It was glorious.
Empty Nest
The babies have flown away. At first, 3 left...then the next day the other 2. It was fun watching them grow and get big. We knew they were close to leaving. You could see them in there fluttering their little wings.
Also, there seemed to be a ton of birds around our back deck...of all kinds. We were out there, and at least 10 birds were hovering around. I think it was the little bird village calling out to the babies to come on out......
Also, there seemed to be a ton of birds around our back deck...of all kinds. We were out there, and at least 10 birds were hovering around. I think it was the little bird village calling out to the babies to come on out......
Sunday, July 11, 2010
The babies are growing
Here are the baby birds....not such babies any more. They are flapping their wings, and getting ready to leave the nest. We have sure enjoyed having them on the deck.
A picture of summer.....
Here is a good picture of what our summer looks like...
Mo having fun in the backyard....here playing in her kiddie pool...
Me, sitting on the deck in my cast.
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