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Went to the doctor today – all excited hoping he would tell me I could drive and walk and be you know human again.

Uh-huh – nope – it was not to be.

In fact instead he told me I had pushed myself to hard, overdone it.  The tendons in my ankle are inflamed, and there not suppose to be.  So for the next 5-7 days instead of moving forward I am moving back. 

Back from one crutch to two crutches, back from moving around freely to being confined to the sitting with my foot up for “most” of the day. 

And no driving for me…

I promised myself that if I was going to have this surgery I was going to do EVERYTHING in my power to recover from it the right way so I could have a full and complete recovery. In the past week I have been over doing it.   I need to relax and let myself heal.

So, I am going to take a step back – know my limits and be patient.  I might have set my recovery behind a week or so, but I haven’t blown it out of the water and I won’t.

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That’s the way healing goes, slowly but surely – at least for me.

I went to the doctors for my four week follow up today and it was a good visit. The doctor said I can start bearing weight today – about 25% for today and tomorrow, then if that isn’t painful I can go up to 50% for a few days  then 75% then eventually 100%. He said it could take up to 10 days to be walking fully without the crutches. 

Still….

I JUST WALKED ACROSS THE LIVING ROOM!!!!!!! Very slowly with the help of two crutches – but I did it!!!!

I also have to keep the walking to a minimum and move slowly – no sprints or even long distance walks – but I can walk around my house.

You can’t hear me but I am singing the Hallelujah chorus right now.

No driving yet so still pretty much stuck in the house since I am not ready to do hills yet. However I can go to the gym if someone (like my hubby) drives me – I can do upper body exercise and even ride the exercise bike – WITH MY BOOT ON – not riding the bike without the book and absolutely NO OTHER LEG exercise for that my right leg – he was pretty clear on that. 

Overall it was a great doctors visit and I am very excited about all the things I get to do and how much more movement I will be able to incorporate into my life over the next two weeks.

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