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    • Name: ultidad
      Location: Centennial, CO
      Injured during: Ultimate Frisbee
      Which Leg: L
      Status: 2-Shoes

      852 wks  2 days Post-ATR
      852 wks  1 day
         Since start of treatment
  • Wanna be ready for summer league!

    • ultidad has completed the grueling 26.2 ATR miles to full recovery!
      Goal: 270 days from the surgery date.
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Last “official” Dr appt

I say “official” because my orthopedic surgeon (Dr. Ted Parks, Denver, CO) said he still wants to check up on me towards the end of January - but it only has to be an informal check whenever we see each other around the OR.  Here’s what we discussed:
1. I’ve noticed more swelling these past few [...]

Week 10

I’d been feeling that I’d reached a plateau phase where improvement would be slower coming, so I spiced things up by wearing my Keen clogs to work yesterday and today.  I told myself that this would help with strengthening the intrinsic muscles of my foot.  In reality, I think that they just made my heel [...]

What a difference a week makes

Last week: me in hiking boots, temp 23F, enough snow to keep the kids out of school for 3 days.
This week: me in running shoes, temp 76F, just a few spots of snow left.