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UPDATE
I don’t know how or why, but suddenly this afternoon my right foot felt like my foot. My right foot hasn’t felt like my foot for months.
And I showered standing up for the first time in over 6 months!
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I’m feeling hopeful for the first time in a very long time.
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My right foot is healing.
MRI results showed it’s no longer broken but still bruised + showing an increased stress reaction. The orthopedic doctor said that’s good news + means it is healing.
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UPDATE
Sending love + light!
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I lost a friend to cancer; she was only 55. 💔 It was surreal being at her apartment a week ago without her. 😭 Compiling pics + videos this afternoon for her April 6 celebration of life depleted me. Fuck cancer!
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Complications + setbacks for my right foot have delayed surgeries for left foot. First surgery: April 11.
Began physio for my right foot since it needs to do all the work soon.
#Grief #Today #FuckCancer #MentalHealth #FrankenFoot #StressFracture
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Achievement unlocked today:
Cried in a meeting with my new boss
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She asked how I was doing with everything I’m going through so the floodgates opened. My response: Honestly, I’m not okay
She urged me to use supports available to me through work.
I don’t have the bandwidth to deal with it today but maybe tomorrow.
I apologized for not being in the office and she was very compassionate saying I need to heal.
#Today #Depression #Anxiety #MentalHealth #StressFracture #FrankenFoot
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Update:
I was seen by my orthopedic doctor before 2 PM so that was good.
He tested my standing and said I have improved but not there yet. He said I need to start trying to walk without the boot around my place and see him again on January 22. I brought up Raynaud’s since the plastic surgeon made a point of saying it would delay wound healing. He said it definitely could affect the recovery for a stress fracture as well. Sigh.
Picked up a walker to help with balance.
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Alphabet foot rehab
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
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My back’s not happy. I have a lower back injury from 2000 that has been acting up since I started wearing the boot for my right stress fracture.
I’ve finished my foot rehab exercises so now I’m lying on my bed with my legs up the wall to ease my back.
I’ll make my way to the convalescing couch that has a heating pad already turned on in preparation.
I see the orthopedic doctor in 10 days so hopefully my foot is healed by then.
#Today #StressFracture #BackPain #SlothMode #ConvalescingCouch
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I’ve had a rough year but I just burst out laughing in the middle of crying over my current situation.
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Instead of once a door closes, a window opens, I thought:
Once a bone heals, a foot opens. Meaning once my right foot fracture heals, they’ll cut open my left foot.
Because that’s what happens to everyone, right?! Once one pain is gone, the universe gives you another!
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My therapist always tells me how important it is that I still have my sense of humour.
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Sleep, glorious sleep!
I cannot take most meds. I have had a *very difficult* time with anxiety over my various foot health issues. I remembered a supplement I used to take + took it last night. Success! Thanks, GABA!
I also use several meditation apps + did a meditation to help me stop catastrophizing before bed.
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#Today #Anxiety #HealthAnxiety #Insomnia #StressFracture #FootWound
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Wow, I haven’t left bed yet and I’ve already reached my daily stand goal. I was up multiple times in the night struggling to put the boot on.
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My anxiety over my health has been very bad. Did not fall asleep until 2:30 AM because of it. 😔
It’s mostly me catastrophizing over my future left foot surgeries. But also catastrophizing over the pain in my right foot that may or may not be a stress fracture.
#Today #Anxiety #AllOfTheAnxiety #HealthAnxiety #FootWound #FrankenFoot #StressFracture
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Laundry has been hung with care.
My bed has fresh bedding. I’m now resting with my feet elevated on my convalescing couch. Tunes are playing. All is right in my apartment.
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It’s sloth o’clock!
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#LaundryDay #Today #Adulting #AdultAF #SlothMode #ConvalescingCouch #StressFracture
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Today is day 8 of my 18-day resting and healing vacation. I’m partway through my adulting for the day. Taking a break to sit since there has been more standing/walking than I can handle.
I cannot wait to be one with the convalescing couch.
#Today #Adulting #AdultAF #StressFracture #Healing #ConvalescingCouch
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Adulting today almost broke me.
Even though I was listening to Gwen Stefani and rested multiple times. Including having soup to refuel.
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Now I need to elevate my feet.
My Xmas present to myself* was delivered as I was in the middle of adulting but it will stay unopened on the floor until I have energy to be upright.
*air fryer toaster oven
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I’m too old to be my age!
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I just said that as my right hip was so very painful as I got up off the convalescing couch. Fuck the fucking boot.
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I documented my left ankle fracture rehab in 2016. I watched some of the videos.
Fuck, that was *so* much worse than what I’m dealing with now. I was crying during all of the first videos + could barely move my foot.
It’s weird how you don’t recall exactly how bad something was or maybe it’s more that whatever you’re currently going through becomes the worst thing.
Anyway, I’m grateful to past me for documenting it so it gives me some hope.
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My foot pain has not made its way into my dreams but last night, I had a dream that I could walk without pain. It was wonderful!
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I’m proud to report that I emptied the latest box and have taken it to my building recycling with the rest of the boxes. It feels good getting all of those boxes out of my place.
Today’s accomplished tasks have me feeling close to getting back to my mantra of “do shit, bee awesome” with my limited mobility.
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#Today #FootWound #FrankenFoot #StressFracture #Adulting #AdultAF
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Dear self:
Perhaps ordering shoes online while dealing with 2 separate painful foot issues was not the best idea.
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I ordered Eddie Bauer hiking shoes from Costco. When I can finally try them on, at least Costco has a great return policy if they don’t work.
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Today I’m dealing with box recycling. This is vacation time.
Since I haven’t been able to walk without pain for months, I have accumulated a lot of boxes from having items delivered. And some boxes hadn’t been fully emptied.
I’ve been breaking the boxes down while sitting and listening to music.
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Some smoothie mixes warn in bold red not to consume the oxygen absorbers. I wonder how many people consumed them before they added the warning.
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✅ Drawing the alphabet foot rehab exercises
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If anyone needs me, I’ll be lying on my convalescing couch
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I saw the orthopedic doctor over lunch today. Since I’m still in pain, he’s worried it could be something other than a stress fracture so he is sending a requisition for an MRI. It may take a while until I get in.
He told me to draw the alphabet with my foot a couple times a day. It’s more difficult than I remembered. Follow up visit is on January 10.
The Uber driver that drove me home from my appointment had a similar issue 5 years ago and took 2 months to recover.
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I started doing healing affirmations on the weekend. Added to my calendar for 7 PM daily.
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#FootWound #FrankenFoot #StressFracture #HealingAffirmations
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Today I took the bus to the butcher shop to pick up more meat. On my way out of the shop, the man that opened the door for me said, “Ah, the boot; been there.” Then he continued to ask about the current injury requiring it. When you know, you know. It’s a conversation piece.
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Convalescing is no fun. But at least I have a convalescing couch.
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I need to appreciate my feet.
Foot love!
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#Therapy #MentalHealth #SelfCare #GratefulBee #FrankenFoot #FootWound #StressFracture
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I own a shower chair.
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When I fractured my left ankle in 2016, I used an IKEA step stool for showering. It has rubber feet so stays in place but is not high enough. I’m tall + in my 50s now so it wasn’t cutting it once I found out I had a stress fracture. I didn’t want another injury on top of everything else.
My right stress fracture will take weeks to heal. Since I’ll be having more surgery on my left foot, I decided to buy instead of renting.
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Bathing with a bad foot and a worse foot is about as awful as it sounds
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Well, I seem to have acquired a #StressFracture in my foot. Not sure how or when but my bones are increasingly fragile as I age. Just walking from room to room in my apartment was very painful on the weekend. So, I'll be wearing my hiking boots indoors and avoiding long walks until the pain alleviates.
#aging
#osteoporosis
#fitness