This has been a good week of building strength and endurance. The dog is happy to report we’re going for lots of walks. New things this week:
- my physical therapist massaged the incision and tendon, and showed me how to have my husband do it. It was a little uncomfortable, but felt great and flexible afterward.
- I realized I’m going to be a much pickier shoe ho. I’ve already gotten rid of a beloved pair of Merrell low hikers and my Brooks runners, and a few other randoms I frankly never wore, because they rub my heel the wrong way now. This is a first: I tried 3 pairsof shoes the other day, and realized none of them would work with my incision. Maybe it’ll get easier after it’s desensitized, but for now I’m more than a little bummed.
- 3mph!! on the treadmill. That’s a moderately fast walk for my short little stumps.
- I put myself on a 90 day challenge of sorts, hoping that I forget after 90 days that said challenge ever existed and it just becomes my life. Part of that is 10,000 steps a day. I’ve been getting that most days, pretty easily. I love comparing pre op and post op after a 10,000 step day. What a difference. After a 10k day pre op, I would be out of commission for anything but painful waddling for the next several days. Now, I still have a stiff first several steps, but once I get moving it feels great.
- Day 107 post op I have an ortho followup. My physical therapist led me to believe I’ll be released back to full duty after that. I’m ready. The only movement I should avoid at this point, I have been told, are plyometric jumping types of moves. Everything else is GO!
I guess it’s time to get used to waking up for work again…
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