Apr 18 2014
Happiness, elevating, grateful
Today was a good day. It’s been four weeks three days since surgery. Seven weeks five days nine hours since injury, but who’s counting. Last night I got a rare seven hours of solid sleep, woke up, did some overdue work, then napped for another hour. Bliss. I am grateful for a good night’s sleep. Later in the morning I had my foot out of the boot elevating, then massaging it and doing the Ankle flexion and circles exercise. For the first time in seven weeks the foot felt normal for a time. I am grateful for that nice experience. My 10-year old son spent the first day of his April vacation working on a school project and other non-video game activities. I was amazed. I was happy. For bits of time I even forgot I was wearing a boot. I remember reading other blogs on this site about gratefulness. I can’t remember what they were grateful for but I am grateful for my family, and this day. Whoever invented elevating - I am grateful to that person or persons - elevating my leg for a few minutes at a time a few times a day really really helps and is easy to do. I am still worried about the DVT that was diagnosed on Tuesday. But for now I can not detect any side effects from the medicine. I have been trying to stretch my injured leg more, wiggling my toes more, trying to think positive thoughts about the blood clot going away. Tomorrow I go look to buy an exercise bike. But now, this moment right now, I am grateful for today.
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Great to see a positive post!
I bought a spin bike from amazon for $230 (plus free shipping). Super easy.
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I loved the bike, it is great to finally be able to blow out some steam after weeks upon weeks of immobility.
Happy healing!
Good stuff. Have you told us the details of your anticoagulants? Target INR range for the warfarin?
Norm, I am currently taking Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) which is not monitored, or at least not chemically monitored as far as I know.
Yes, it all comes back to me!
Yes, we all have a lot to be grateful for, in spite of our injuries, although sometimes that’s hard to see. Thanks for sharing. I wish you continued positive recovery on all fronts.