Posted on November 26th, 2010 by Cheryl
I just visited my surgeon today. I am 6 Weeks less a day post-op. He told me to lose my wheels and start walking FWB in my Aircasts! It was far more than I expected and I’m thrilled. I don’t even have to use crutches, however, for the time being I will use my [...]
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Posted on November 18th, 2010 by Cheryl
Other than one event these last weeks I have not had a whole lot to report so have lumped these last 3 weeks together and have finally caught up!
Week 3 - After seeing the surgeon, I was thrilled! I had the chance to get out of the house and I wanted more. I [...]
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Posted on November 13th, 2010 by Cheryl
Early in the week, I got the call from the Surgeon’s office to set up my appointment for Thursday, Oct 21st. That first week went by amazingly fast! I kicked the drugs by day 4. I have to give myself an injection of blood thinners - yikes! But it is getting much [...]
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Posted on November 12th, 2010 by Cheryl
You would think with my incarceration at home I would have tons of time to get caught up with my story. Sorry that I am still behind. I’ll see what I can do…
Finally! I get to go home. As we only own a minivan and an SUV we had my brother bring his car to [...]
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Posted on November 9th, 2010 by Cheryl
October 15, 2010
The next morning the nurse told me that I was on-call again and that meant that they would perform all scheduled surgeries before they got to me but the good news was that on Fridays they dedicate an OR just for orthopaedic backlog. As it happened, they wheeled me in at 10:30am for [...]
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Posted on November 9th, 2010 by Cheryl
Hello everyone, thanks for your encouragement so far. I left off with being scheduled to visit the OS for 9:00am on October 14th. We arrived at the hospital and happened to meet the OS in the hallway. She guessed who I was and I told her I had a copy of the [...]
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Posted on November 7th, 2010 by Cheryl
It all started for me on October 12, 2010. After taking an 8 year hiatus of playing soccer, I decided it would be a good idea to get back into it. Other than breathing harder than what I remember it was like I had never quit! It really did feel good. With 30 seconds left [...]
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Posted on November 7th, 2010 by Cheryl
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