Well it’s been a beautiful day.  The sun is shining, it’s 82 degrees and I got to do a little gardening today! YEA!   I love working in my gardens and having flowers all over my yard and I’ve missed that in the last 5+ weeks……and it just felt wonderful to get out and pull a few weeds and put down some mulch….I didn’t do a lot (I don’t want to push it)….but even the 20 -30 mins. I worked (as best I could) seemed like a day of heaven.

So let’s see where I am…… Tomorrow,  I will do 30 minutes walking without the walker (in the boot). Then Thursday I’ll add an hour….and Friday an hour more etc.  Also tomorrow I have the appointment for my first evaluation with physical therapy.  Since I’ve been walking (with the walker) and putting a little more weight on my foot, I’ve had a few sharp pains on either side of the heel and a bit of burning.  But nothing major and I only elevate my foot and ice it once or twice a day.  It does not seem to be swelling.  The last couple of nights, I’ve slept without the boot and been very careful to put the boot on if I get a nature call in the middle of the night.  So all in all this 6th week has been OK foot recovery wise.  I’ve had a few low spells, but am working on getting that under control.

I read a great poem/thought this morning….that made me think about this slow recovery…

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” — A. A. Milne

My doc says I’m a couple weeks ahead of schedule because of the 4 anchors he put in when he re-attached the tendon.  It’s pretty amazing what they can do in the medical field these days.

The sky is a pale blue…..almost cloud free save  a few wisps here and there so faint you can barely call them clouds. I think I’ll take a book outside and read while I gaze upon my flowers.

Hope you’re having a sunshine happy recovery day too.