Exciting day today when I realized that I could easily walk without crutches. Most of my challenge was in my lack of confidence and fear that I might screw something up internally by doing so—so I didn’t do much walking without the crutches! Still, these little victories can mean so much, especially since you are happy to see that you are progressing each day. I can only wonder what is in store for me in the future…
It was a short day today as I woke up a little late and had some things to do for work, like getting out a package with information to the folks at headquarters. I ended up getting it done at around 4 and then walked/crutched (is that a verb?) two and a half blocks to the post office to send it out overnight express to arrive next business day. It felt good to have that baby leave my hands but even better to finally be outside, breathe the air, and take a more leisurely crutch (stroll) for a reasonable distance.
Got home and had Friday night dinner with Mom. She is a great cook and we had some fish and green salad for an appetizer, chicken with potato “kugel” (type of quiche) including an apple kugel that tastes like cake. Fabulous. Ended up going downstairs and doing a lot of reading and then a all my exercising per my instructions for physical therapy.
I tested my leg a bit and realize that the challenge walking is the lack of confidence I have that my calf muscles will fire up and support me completely. IN addition, the front of my shin is still very numb and at times I feel like I have some pressure/shin splints that are very slight. I want to make sure that I’m not putting too much pressure on my leg especially since I can’t feel the pain that might accompany abuse. I doubt this is the case since many are already walking on it and are bicycling—which I would be if it wasn’t for the holiday. I spend the rest of the night reading on the CPM until I pass out, which was much earlier than I thought.
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