2025
Recovery: Week 3
I’m a little behind with this series. It’s hard to remember all the good and bad experiences I’ve had in the last week. I saw my surgeon last week and he was very pleased with the healing progress. He removed the stitches and told me to start wearing the boot again. He said that on […]
Almost Surreal
Updated: Apr 10 Some days almost feel surreal. Today was a gorgeous day, with temperatures around 60. The sun was shining and a lovely breeze kept things cool. The only thing that ruined things was that I was at the hospital. I was glad to be able to get an x-ray today, but it wasn’t easy. […]
Post-Surgery Challenges
The last few days have been challenging! My plan was to walk this week with 50% of my weight allowed on the left foot. If you’re just joining this journey, I’m learning to walk after a surgery to replace my Talus bone with a 3D printed model. I can’t complain about pain in the surgical […]
Light at the End of the Tunnel
This week the doctor gave me a lot of encouragement and hope for the near future. I rolled myself to the orthopedics department and was quickly taken back for x-rays. That was done quickly and then my doctor came in. He was very pleased with the healing of my ankle. There was some swelling, but […]
Walking Well After AVN Surgery
I’m walking well and thankful that I can finally put 100% of my weight on my feet. The walker gives me plenty of confidence, in case I would falter. That hasn’t happened and I sure hope that it won’t. We’re in the midst of packing up our house to move. I didn’t help much until […]
Stress or Calm?
Good stress is still stress, right? There are many changes coming to my family. We are packing up to move to our hometown, but don’t know how things will be. Can we pick up there where we left off? Will we love our home and make it homey? Our youngest is about to graduate and […]
This Challenge Will Come To An End
With 12 days left to complete our packing, it looks like a bomb went off in my home. As we pack, we’re also organizing. That takes so much longer, but we then have less to put on our moving truck. Most discards are going to Goodwill, but we’re also throwing a ton of it away. […]
Chronic Illness Complicates Our Moving Adventure
How many times have you moved? We’ve moved at least 10 times. Most of the moves were for a reason related to family. Our kids were always first, which has pros and cons. Our kids are all adults and leading happy and productive lives, so I would never go back and change the reasons for […]
We Made It
We made it to our new home, after three tough days of driving. We all rode inside the cab of the 26″ U Haul truck. Even our dog was there. It was so uncomfortable and my surgically repaired foot/ankle throbbed and swelled. But, thank God, we made it alive. There are piles of boxes in […]
Surrounded by Boxes
We are enjoying our new home even though we are still surrounded by boxes. It’s still difficult to walk through each room. There has been so much work to do in order to get the home set up. Hubby and I are exhausted and fighting through pain and our adult son is doing a ton […]