What a difference a week makes! Yesterday I ‘booty’ climbed the stairs to get a real shower, it was amazingly easy compared to trying it at day 3. Went to the movies with my mom, used the scooter for the first time, the wheelchair and crutches have been best for getting around the condo. Went [...]
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Overnight wasn’t too bad, the pain meds make me dream silly stuff, I kept to 4 hours but backed off to one pill. Yesterday after getting home from the hospital I could wiggle my toes, except the big one. Today…nothing, I can’t get one iota of movement out of them, my leg feels heavier and [...]
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The deed is done. Surgery at 10:30 this morning, pre-op procedures were fairly normal with a couple minor bumps, my veins are sneaky, so it took 2 sticks for success with the IV. The anesthetist came in to do the knee block, the IV delay put us behind so suddenly everything was hurried, the OR [...]
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Fun stuff arrived yesterday, a wheelchair, shiny new crutches and a blazing fast scooter. There was a major snafu with the insurance company dropping the ball on the scooter but it arrived in time so all is well. I can easily see why everyone says the scooter is a lifesaver, soooo much better than the [...]
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Well here I am, soon to join the ranks of hundreds here who have had Achilles tendon surgery. I am not among the majority who have had a rupture, my downfall has been slow coming, 2 years in the making. OS says I have a bone spur that is slowly shredding my Achilles tendon. "Like a rope [...]
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